“Creation Stone” Japan

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