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 …
Do I Know Poetry
Hello Readers, Thank you for stopping by and for your comments. I am unable to respond to comments presently due to some engagements, but I will be visiting you all soon. As you know, I've been doing a first draft poetry series for a while. Here is my next offering, little miss silly inspired by …
Write in Silence Now
the frivolous chatter within, fissures in your mind crammed with doubt and guilt, banters that sound like old recordschurning thoughts on bedsides ring. no visitors knocking, no more bartering, close the eyes for deep listeningbe not deceived, the sounds of this world are forever convoluted. the perfect acoustics of silent spaces, grow naturally like the …
That Familiar Ache
The onus of your pain is on meI know thatBecause I could see it comingAnd the only hand-holding I didWas to give inTo allow you to carry the burden of that familiar acheTo watch in silence while you made the same mistakes Tornado warnings don't preventTwisting rings of greyFrom falling on earthRipping off treesRavaging in …
Learning the Tanka
Hello friends! I’m back after a short spell of silence. Writing has been happening behind the scenes but nothing prominent that I can write about. I have enrolled for The Himalayan Writing Retreat’s ‘First Draft Club’ this entire month of September and I have managed to write a few poems, their first drafts really. And …
Book Review- the forest i know
Book: The Forest I Know (a gathering of tanka verses) Author: Kala Ramesh Publisher: HarperCollinsIN Genre: Poetry Language: English The Tanka is a traditional Japanese poetry form, popularly called the ‘short song’. Originally written as a one-line poem with thirty-one syllables, it is broken into five poetic lines with a 5-7-5-7-7 structure when written in …
A Hundred Quills 