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Summary

"My Home Sweet Home" is a 50-word poem inspired by prompts "Home" and "Fountain Surrounded By Flowers," expressing a deep connection between the speaker and their home environment, which is personified through flowers and a fountain.

Abstract

The poem "My Home Sweet Home" is a concise yet profound piece that captures the essence of a cherished living space. It uses the metaphor of flowers around a fountain to convey the speaker's emotional bond with their home. The flowers, which thrive on the nourishment from the fountain, symbolize the life force that the home provides to the speaker. The poem suggests that the speaker's vitality and well-being are intrinsically linked to the health and beauty of their home. The speaker expresses a symbiotic relationship, where their existence is intertwined with the home's, to the extent that the potential loss of the flowers' beauty would be unbearable for the speaker. The poem is a response to a poetic chain initiative by Martin Rushton, founder of the "Share the Love" Publication, and it acknowledges the prompts given by Martine Weber and Suryatapa.

Opinions

  • The speaker holds a nurturing and protective sentiment towards their home, akin to the care given to the flowers in their garden.
  • The poem reflects a sense of vulnerability, as the speaker admits their survival is contingent upon the flourishing state of their home.
  • There is an appreciation for the aesthetic and life-giving aspects of the home, described as "scrumdiddlyumptious" and "nutritious."
  • The author, Chirag, participates in a collaborative poetic endeavor, indicating a belief in the value of community and shared creativity.
  • The poem is part of a larger initiative, suggesting the author's support for continuous artistic expression and the idea that art begets art.
  • The invitation to friends to respond to a new prompt, "Hunger," shows the author's desire to perpetuate the cycle of inspiration and poetic response.

My Home Sweet Home

50-word Poetry In Response To Prompts Home and Fountain Surrounded By Flowers

Photo by Karim MANJRA on Unsplash

Little flowers, spread your petals, drench in the rain of this fountain, nourish yourselves, to bloom and flourish.,

If you die and fall, I won’t survive.,

I care for your welfare, as I am active and alive only cos of your scrumdiddlyumptious nutritious nectar.,

Love you my home sweet home.,

Chirag @ 2020

This poem is in response to my dear friends’ prompts —

Fountain with flowers picture prompt by Martine Weber

and Home by Suryatapa

This is the poetic chain initiated by Martin Rushton, the founder of share the love Publication.

Kindly tag Martin in your response to my writing prompt.

I invite my friends Sumera Rizwan Martine Weber Martin Rushton The Crimson Citadel Tony Young, Jr. Muhammad Zunair Suryatapa Saurabh Keno Ogbo Trista Ainsworth Suntonu Bhadra to respond to my prompt *Hunger*

Martin’s poetry link —

Martin Weber’s Picture Prompt link —

Suryatapa’s Prompt link —

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