Heights of Death (Harrisham Rhyme)

by Meena Krish   May 9, 2011


From the bottomless pit of sapphire emotion
Merges a raging tremor, an exploding heart
Savage heights of death rise from the ocean
Enslaving earth without mercy tearing it apart
Good and bad in fury's web becomes a potion
Dissolving the past as a destitute future restarts

Harrisham Rhyme is created by a female poet
named Harrisham Minhas, who is from the State of
Punjab in India. Harrishma rhyme is a six-line
rhyming stanza. In this form, the last alphabet
(letter) of the first word of each line is the first
alphabet (letter) of the first word of next line. There
is no restriction on the starting alphabet (letter)of
the first line.

Rhyme scheme : ababab.

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  • 12 years ago

    by Lonely Rider

    Interesting form
    powerful and brilliant write ...
    in few words, the message is put across really well.

  • 12 years ago

    by kelleyana

    This is a very creative write Meena. Very meaningful. It left me thinking... thinking about life's lesson like a storm. Sometimes some storms can be mild and supportable, but there are those that carries very storng waves and at the end it's like we find ourselves into a dark tunnel with no way to get out. I really enjoy my read. Well done, kel.

  • 12 years ago

    by Jad

    Meena, your poem is so full of life and emotions and I love the form you have used. I have never heard of it before so I was interested in finding out about it. The poem was filled with imagery and I could picture many of the things in my head easily. :] The flow was really good and it kept going with the poem from beginning to end and though the poem was short you did give a good message. Also I think you followed all the guidelines correctly and I am proud of that.

    All in all, you are very talented and I can't wait to see your next poem and also see you try other forms. This poem was strong and had many good features to it displaying your creativity and poetic talent. Emotions and imagery were displayed in this poem and I hope you continue with this poem and get better and better with each passing poem. Great job and keep writing!

  • 12 years ago

    by Milo

    A magnificent poem; I absolutley love the first line. A great opener. Thank you.

  • 12 years ago

    by Sylvia

    As I read this, the image that came to me was of big crashing waves, slamming a boat around, a storm at sea, finally sinking the boat. When you think about it, life can be like a storm at sea, beats us up, sinks some of us but for others makes us stronger. Well done.