POEM STARTER
Write a tripadi poem about birds.
A tripadi is a form of Bengali poetry that consists of multiple three-line stanzas, where the first and second lines of each stanza rhyme.
Bleeding Heart Dove
The bleeding heart dove,
Gives you its love,
A desperate sacrifice in vain.
It rips the heart from its chest,
Who would have guessed,
Something so meek could endure such pain?
It cries in the night,
It was blinded by the sight,
Of something that might offer it love.
But it tore out its heart,
And it crumbled apart,
There’s no hope for rising above.