The next challenge stone for our poets is a small but powerful Japanese stone. The stone made a strong impression on the owner, who gave it the poetic name “Creation Stone.” We hope it will inspire you to create new works of poetry. Please limit your submission to two poems.
particles of light
celestial creation
legendary birth
Mike Sullivan, USA
looking for
an ancient world
to be reborn
Barbara Anna Gaiardoni, Italy
another Big Bang
a planet born to shelter
the fitter earthlings
Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia
red planet
the rover processes
infrared memories
Pravat Kumar Padhy, India
still in breath…
time so tightly
wrinkled her skin
Pravat Kumar Padhy, India
adoring the paths I tread
the creation
pristine
Hema Ravi, India
recreating breathing life-creation at its best…..
Hema Ravi, India
Vishnu in stone
weight of the universe
sitting tortoise
R.K. Singh, India
dust and debris
our spinning world
sculpted from chaos
Tracy Davidson, UK
brown cabbage
she creates a new dish
in her kitchen
Tracy Davidson, UK
before the first light… mother
Marina Belliuni, Italy
this stone
in my fist
all I have left
of mother
earth
Julie Bloss Kelsey, USA
in the maelstrom
the first seed ever bears fruit
and the world is born
James Young, UK
wrapped up
in layers of history
the stone face
Julie Bloss Kelsey, USA
heart of stone
mother nature
creates
Stef DeKoker, South Africa
living stone
a piece of mountain
in the kitchen
Stef Dekoker, South Africa
creation stone
forged deep within
earth’s folds—
the unknown destiny
of our life journeys
Marilyn Humbert, Australia
mother’s womb:
the seed carries joy
for coming spring
Neena Singh, India
the universe
unravels in my hand
the universe
Neena Singh, India
having it both ways
to begin and to end
the cycle of life
Margaret Tau, USA