Blowing my own trumpet, reluctantly, about my portfolio. This was the contest prompt! |
MY PORT I’m a fan of the contests And enjoy their challenge, Having, from acrostics to Sonnets, quite a wide range. Yet this is one contest which I would not have entered But for the huge GP prize That is hereby offered. It asks me to blow my own Trumpet to pass the test That out of all the authors, I am truly the best. So, most reluctantly I Say I have done my mite To write poetry that is In rhyme and meter right. Moreover, I have written On quite diverse topics, Some of which are sensitive And do invite pin pricks. My port has some folders on The so called terror war, And also on the reasons Why men and women spar. It has folders for children, Science, environment, As also on law and health And medical treatment. Women’s and the olds’ issues Have yet their own folder. There’s also a folder for The poems with humour. Love, spirituality And miscellaneous, Are the names of some other Folders conspicuous. I have hosted a contest To foster rhythm and rhyme. For promoting ghazal form, I’ve made efforts sublime. Besides the above, I have Some ‘how to’ articles And poems to overcome The writing obstacles. Lastly, my port also has Poems bilingual And those written in Hindi, Something unusual. So you see that my port has Something for everyone. And, in perfect rhyme and rhythm, Most of it has been done! • Written in abcb, 7-6-7-6 format for "Invalid Item" , My Barbaric Yawp Grant Contest. M C Gupta 4 April 2007 |