#NaPoWrimo Day 3; #AtoZChallenge Day 3. I almost missed this one. It was a difficult prompt for me and I’ll say it’s been a feeble attempt. So, how were we nudged! The poem today is a Spanish form called a “glosa” – literally a poem that glosses, or explains, or in some way responds to …
Abridged
Hello Readers It’s April 1 and we are officially into the month of challenges. I have challenged myself to do thirty days of poetry. When I decided to take the plunge into NaPoWriMo and AtoZ, I made a few plans. But what are plans if they don’t go wrong! So, all I will say is …
Jewels of Compassion
Last year, during a poetry workshop called ‘Writing for Comfort’, I came across ‘Small Kindnesses’ by American poet Danusha Laméris. The poem felt like life wrapped in a cotton ball. It felt snug, like a warm blanket of love. The premise, so simple, yet infused with an unfathomable depth, left me awestruck. It taught me …
We Become
Hello Friends Last year, I penned a few poems for submissions to online magazines, and most of them didn't make the cut. For this week's blog, I decided to bring one such poem to you, which I feel makes sense only partially now. The Pandemic has changed our lives in multiple ways, but the invasion …
Small Talk
[ Dear reader, do you have an opinion about the things that happen around you? Do you openly speak your mind? Or, is it that just like me, you'd like to say a lot but watching the sun go down or talking about the weather takes precedence?] I’ve spent the better part of the day …
ANECDOCHE
On tempered screens or gorilla glassesIndex fingers run sprintsMe and my is the loud cryEffusive welcomes and apple piesCrossing lines thick and thinStand-ups sometimes stepping inI thinkI, I, I, I…think.InMyHonestOpinion, they saymy opinion.ANECDOCHE Fifteen-year-olds in archaic foldsHold their stancesclose, so closeForty-year-olds get busywriting dogmas on wallsof homes.InMyHonestOpinion, they saymy opinion.ANECDOCHE Governments ramble onAirPods adorn their …
A Hundred Quills 