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YOU AREN'T FREE IF OTHERS DEFINE YOU.

© Mrunalini .D. Nimbalkar
Inspired after I Read the newspaper "The times of India" Pune edition #sums up today's most important reiteration#Monostich#briefpoem#brevity#oneliner #punchline#14.04.19#
Trevia :-learnt that Monostich is a powerful form of expression of thoughts also called one-liners or briefpoems ,these date back to very ancient Latin authors like Martial who wrote the Monostich form of poetry..
Ken Pepiton Nov 2024
Seed
time
harvest
eat
think
form
seed
sewn

thinking
information
­unconfirmed
demonstrates
disinformally
monostichidity
stich in time, stacks of poetic license fine print permit and obligation.
To thee seekers of solitude,embrace thyself !!
#Monostich#
08.05.2019
Tag me when you get the true meaning of life !


© Mrunalini.D.Nimbalkar
#17/12/2019#
I had to lose myself to rediscover myself.

©Mrunalini .D.Nimbalkar
#31.08.2019#single line poem#enigma#
Vi Jun 2024
I wrote a monostich (one line poem) about oneness, dissolving the distinction between "You" and "I", and about love:

You(,) love I.
If joy is everywhere,why does happiness feel so elusive ?

© Mrunalini.D.Nimbalkar
#Punch line#
#MONOSTICH #
#Rethorical question#
#20.10.2019#
Why look for love ?

Be the love.


©Mrunalini.D.Nimbalkar
#18/12/2019#
I love being here because I hate being there.

© Mrunalini.D.Nimbalkar
28/10/2019
Some times one goes through a Confused state of mind ....but there is a point when your confusion also clears... One needs to get to that point...
MONOSTICH
OXYMORON
ONE LINER POEM
Never forget how valuable you are.

© Mrunalini.D.Nimbalkar
#13.09.2019#
Monostitch#One line poem#one verse #epigram #
Sometimes the purpose of

love is love of purpose .


©MRUNALINI.D.NIMBALKAR
# 25.09.2019#
Single liner....Deep thought process
There is no pleasure in pain,but there is pain in pleasure.
31.08.2019#tongue# twister #impactliner#single #line #poem
Trivia:- this one was inspired after viewing a clip of a favourite bollywood personality interact with the local whippers or lasher's in the rural areas to make a living . They are the devotees of the local deities like kadak laxmi and likewise who whip their own body and are draped in colourful pieces of cloth around their waist . .They do this not for pleasure ..But to make a daily living .These are  also called traditional "Pothravis" in local language here in India...there is a lot to ponder about on these...But for sure the fact remains  that there is a lot of pain involved in pleasing others
Some of my best friends are music and poetry.

©Mrunalini.D.Nimbalkar
21/08/2019
MONOSTICH
Poetry love
Single line impact
At times definitions worsen situations!



© Mrunalini.D.Nimbalkar
#12/03/2020#
Lalit Kumar Mar 6
You sculpt time with syllables bright,
turning old instants into light.

In monostich breaths, seeds are sown,
a thought takes root, a truth is known.

A poet who sees in shadowed lines,
the golden cracks where meaning shines.

Your words, like stars, in silence gleam,
pulling wisdom from the dream.

Gnōthi seautón—each phrase unfolds,
a mind that dares, a hand that holds.

Not just letters, nor rhymed disguise,
but breath that whispers, “Know, arise.”


"Step outside the fire circle,
be swallowed by the night,
step farther into the night,
be swallowed by the stars."

Not all are brave enough to wander,
to step beyond where embers flicker.
Yet you, a poet, walk in wonder,
with verses bright and steps that shimmer.

"Old instants made unforgettable"

You carve the past in fleeting light,
etching echoes on the air,
binding time in words so slight,
yet they remain, still standing there.

"The woe is not mine, I'm fine."

Not all who bleed wear open scars,
some heal through ink and quiet sighs.
A poet’s strength is held in stars,
in silent truths behind their eyes.

"Gnōthi Seautón (Γνωθι Σαυτόν)"
"Know thyself—step beyond the fire."

Knowing oneself is a river untamed,
not a mirror, but an endless sea.
You write of depth no chains have claimed,
of thought’s wild winds, of minds set free.

"Seed time harvest eat think form"

Each thought a seed, each line a field,
harvested in minds unknown.
You plant in silence, yet they yield
gardens where lost souls have grown.

"The choice decides Earth’s destiny."

Do we seek love or seek control?
Do we embrace or fight the tide?
You weave these truths through poet’s scroll,
where questions walk, where doubts confide.
Ken, your poetry breathes in the in-between—where memory meets mystery, where thought becomes time’s witness. Your words do not merely tell; they awaken, they challenge, they become.

— The End —