2011-03-28 16:56
This poem is for Apu, this ever-smiling 10-year old kid who sells chai on Platform no. 3 and 4 of the Pune railway station. “Chai Garam ! Chai Garam!” Apu waxed lyrically.His voi… Read More
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Weathered staff, muddy boots, broken time-piece, rugged coat, fiddle, pencil stub, yellowed pages, old photograph, parched wine-skin, coffee beans & dry flowers...scribblings of a wandering gypsy.
Yes, this is the place where I scribble all my thoughts in the form of poetry.
2011-02-12 14:49
Ok, this is one of my recent works. I'm extremely apprehensive about the response because my style of writing is becoming more unconventional and abstruse with every passing day. Keeping my… Read More
2010-12-19 15:44
Sundays are always reserved for cleaning up my room, cupboard and drawers and rummaging through my drawers always brings up some memorabilia that touches a raw nerve somewhere . I love keepi… Read More
2010-12-19 15:43
Sweetheart,I somehow didn't want to write a typical 'I can't live without you', 'You mean the world' kind of stuff 'cos you already know very well what the two of us share and I didn't want… Read More
2010-12-19 15:27
I had written this poem a few years back but somehow everytime I read this poem, it just seems to hit me even harder and as even more friends seem to drift away from my life, this poem seeme… Read More
2010-12-19 15:15
A whole generation grew up in the 60s, 70s and 80s, dreaming of owning it. Bajaj scooters, one of the aspirations of the Indian middle class for decades, will soon be a part of history. Afte… Read More
2010-12-19 14:45
Major part of our reading phase during school days consisted of a lot of mystery fiction. Most of us must have gone through the Secret Seven --> Five Find Outers-->Famous Five-->Har… Read More
2010-11-21 16:13
Another one of those random, impromptu scribbles. Not expecting too comments for this one.I see a strip of sand,Pebbled at the point where land meets the sea.And a sea contoured in shingle.U… Read More
2010-11-06 15:59
Its rightly said that you don’t know what you have until its gone. There's a quote by Chuck Palahniuk which seems extremely ironic, “If people thought you were dying, they would… Read More
2010-10-31 15:15
I don't expect too many likes or comments for this poem. It is one of my unconventional poems which is playing around with words and the theme. A song stays undone, With no tune, it stood un… Read More
2010-10-31 15:14
Lately, I've been receiving mails from readers saying that I'm only focusing on social issues or experimental poetry and I've completely stopped writing and posting simple, rhyming poems. We… Read More
2010-08-22 16:16
I was going through my old posts and I realised that the last time I posted a haiku was almost 18 months back!!! So I thought I'll post a haiku necklace(Haikus stringed like pearls to form a… Read More
2010-08-17 08:43
I saw a painting hung on the wall,A girl and a boy.Coloured with black and whiteGrey leaves and a grass portrait.Nimble toes and taut shin.Doe-eyed girl, her flowing tresses,The boy entangle… Read More
2010-08-15 17:11
Beating of your heart,Rhythm of my pulse.Flutter of your eyelashes,Melody of my breathing.Tingle in your spine,Quiver on my lips.Whisper of your eyes,Murmur of my soul.Your pleasurable sigh… Read More
2010-04-25 16:08
Lay me not; in coffins of mahogany red, or golden brown,Nor in caskets of ebony; shiny, and chocolate dark,Cover me nay in shrouds; intricate with designs, embroidered in silver threads,But… Read More
2010-04-04 16:13
I've made an effort to capture a father-daughter relationship in this poem. :) Not sure as to how far I've succeeded though. Do read the poem and let me know what you think.She raised her fi… Read More
2010-03-24 21:42
I had written this poem some years back to highlight an issue, which however much denied and suppressed, sadly exists in our society. The style I've used for the poem is slightly crude and r… Read More
2010-03-20 22:31
Another experiment with poetry and this time it is Cascade poetry, a form created by Udit Bhatia, which is all about receptiveness, but in a smooth cascading way like a waterfall. The poem d… Read More
2010-03-06 22:00
To sit.And talk.And share our day.To see.To gaze.And discern what our eyes say.To hear.To listen.And understand what is not said.To dream.To aspire.And on that path, hand in hand, to tread.T… Read More
2010-02-25 20:20
Amidst the branches of a sycamore tree,Sprouted a new leaf, a very fine leaf.Covered in shades of lustrous green,She swayed in pride, with her sheen pristine.Across a loose twig on the very… Read More
2010-02-23 09:27
A nonnet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second line eight syllables, the third line seven syllables, etc... until line nine that finishes with one syllable. It goes l… Read More
2010-01-25 17:51
Liquid sapphire married the cerulean sky,Bond awesome, yet longingly she cried for me.Far away I lay down sprawled across the beach,Shore they call me- A poet lost in sad sleep.All day long… Read More
2010-01-25 17:19
I had actually written this poem a few years back. I was going through my old diary entries today and came across it which was quite a sweet coincidence considering that tomorrow is Republic… Read More
2010-01-15 11:14
I just thought I should share this speech that a US soldier Mike Prysner gave which describes a mission he took part in; where his unit forced Iraqis out of half a dozen homes, with no compa… Read More
2009-11-12 19:03
Again, an attempt at something different :) I've tried to capture the New York nightlife of the yesteryears. The kind of nightlife that I've only read in books written by American authors li… Read More
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