Today’s Quote – Poetry – by Matsuo Bashō

Real poetry is to lead a beautiful life 

~ Matsuo Basho ~

Image source internet. Quote cc Matsuo Bashō.

Legacy of Love – A Tanka Poem by Anita Bacha


Your book of poetry 

Dried roses in the old chest

Legacy of love 

Gone too early beloved 

Yellow pages soaked with tears

Anita Bacha

Thank you for your visit, my dear friends

Image source internet . Tanka cc. Anita Bacha.2022.

November Showers – A Tanka Poem by Anita Bacha

November showers 

a steaming mug of milk tea 

breakfast  at the pub

friendly when it’s cold outside 

there’s warmth and closeness inside 

anita bacha

Thank you for your visit, my dear friends

Happy weekend

Outside my window – A haiku poem by Anita Bacha


outside my window 

leaves are drifting in the rain 

sad, with no repair

Anita Bacha 

Thank you for viewing, my dear friends.

Layers of Black Clouds – A Tanka Poem by Anita Bacha

layers of black clouds 

rain presses down in needles 

a distant fogbow

dawn’s white waves break on the shore

magic spell of a new day

anita bacha

Happy Tuesday, my dear friends. Thank you for your visit.

Sun beaming with light – A haiku poem by Anita Bacha

after the dark night 

beaming with auspicious light 

sun takes its revenge 

Anita Bacha

Thank you for your visit,my dear friends.

Happy and auspicious start of the week.

The Other Side Of Paradise – A Love Poem by Anita Bacha


God only knows,

She saw your smile in the crescent of the moon,

She saw your tears sashaying her window screen,

Or was it raining on a full moon night;

God only knows,

She was madly in love with the idea of you,

The scent of  henna on her beloved’s hand,

Breathed the perfume of rose in the desert sand;

God only knows,

How far this traveler had run around the globe,

She saw your footprints in a puddle of water,

She saw your fingers running in her tangled hair,

Or was it the rustling of the mimosa leaves;

God only knows,

She was intoxicated by the words falling from your lips,

She let you feast on her riches and her body,

She let you steal her soul,

She lost herself in you and she came to be you;

God only knows,

She heard her beseeching voice in the haboob,

Or was it the cry of a lamb in the arid dunes,

God only knows.

Anita Bacha 

Dear friends and readers, The Other Side of Paradise, is one of the poems that you will find in Part 2 of my poetry book INK, Echo of life and love (2019).

Hope you enjoy the before taste.

Happy reading 

Anita Bacha

A New Phase of Life – A Tanka Poem by Anita Bacha

The rose has fallen,

On the stem, a bud opens,

A new phase of life,

On a bed of thorns, she thrives,

Bleeding words of innocence.

Anita Bacha

I Promise You

My love, I promise you my ink,

My heart bleeds of words I think,

Of impossible love and pain,

My tears flow incessantly as rain,

Eroded a painting of sea and sand,

Dreams of escape to a green island;

My love, I promise you my ink,

As long as my breath doesn’t sink,

Blood flows in my veins,

A song in my memory remains.

Anita Bacha

Photo credit @anitabacha

RESTONS À LA MAISON 🏡

Soudainement, sans avertissement,

Notre beau pays, Ile Maurice, est pris d’assaut,

Un ennemi mortel paraît, on n’est sait d’où,

Il s’attaque à nous,

Il est minuscule mais malin,

Il s’appelle Corona, il est là,

Invisible mais invincible,

Il ne choisit pas, voyons,

Noir, blanc, jaune, marron,

Homme, femme, jeune ou vieux,

Riche, pauvre, vaillant, peureux,

Il s’attaque à tous,

Confinement solitaire,

Couvre-feu sanitaire,

À la maison, pour se taire,

Un peuple uni sortira vainqueur.

Anita Bacha

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