Tell Me A Story- Book Review
Book Title: Tell Me a Story (An Anthology) Author (Compiled by): Ravinder Singh Publisher: PENGUIN metro reads My Rating : ***1/2 About the Author/s: Ravinder Singh who compiled this anthology is a software engineer by profession, brought up in a very small town of Orissa called Burla. Before editing and compiling this anthology, Ravinder Singh had also launched an anthology of Love stories titled 'Love Stories That Touched My Heart'. The author has many other published books to his credit. The twenty one other authors who have contributed to the anthology come from different professional backgrounds but are storytellers for sure! 'Tell Me A Story'- the name of the book itself is a promising title that will compel lovers of the written word to reach out for the book. The subtitle says that the anthology has inspiring, touching, funny and heartfelt stories from life. And I'm a big sucker for true stories, so one can imagine my excitement to rea
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Im wanting to learn the genre..:)
yeah, m aware.. its my second fav poetic form! :)
want me to teach what i kno? :D
anyways..
haiku, its of three lines..
its usually in a 5-7-5 syllable format, though some say it may vary.
syllable=pronunciation sound
eg. vibhuti is 3 syllable as its pronunced vi-bhu-ti
eg haiku maybe
vi-bhu-ti tried once
hai-ku on slee-ping ba-by
it came out so well
:)
ur good ya...M n amateur too..So no worries at all..Thanks for sharing in detail..
now it gets clearer..
So is this right?
Slee-p My Ba-By (5)
Snu-g-ly i-n be-d (7)
Swee-t drea-m-s (5)
..I also read that 'ing' shouldn't be used..
not sure of the ing.. but i use it, and i've seen many haiku poets use it too..
and no..
urs gets split as
sleep my ba-by(4)
snug-ly in bed(4)
sweet dreams(2)
I still dont get the syllables bit..
:(
Anyways..time, more kind poets like urself & experience will teach and give me clarity, I suppose..
:)
hehe. the syllables are difficult at first.. ur right, only trying more can make u better..
and yeah, urs may/may not be haiku, but the words have their own magic. i found it so darn sweet.. :) esp the pic.
The baby is of my son, the 1 day old abgel, when the pic was clicked..
Now he's a naughty little one year old...
he is an angel.. :) its nice to have met both of u :D :D
anyhow, if u have any poetic doubts, call upon me.. u've my blog address and ur followin it too i think :) will help any way i can :)
keep trying! :D
BTW have you ever tried 55 fictions?
Thanks for the interest in my blog...Am obliged.:D
BTW have you ever tried 55 fictions?
I still dont get the syllables bit..
:(
Anyways..time, more kind poets like urself & experience will teach and give me clarity, I suppose..
:)