A Space for Reflections and Musings
Fruit basket full on the dining table,Racket of the mixer grinder and herQuestions from the kitchen—remindersOf the trips to home and back,Lie on the couch and slack, while lovinglyAppeared on the table in front,Juices, snacks, and a magazine, a softPlonk on the other end and a gentleTouch to the feet; such were the pleasures ofSummers... Continue Reading →
You! I challenge you to your wits! If not your wits, then I challenge your speech, And if you will not speak, I won’t too; For I shall challenge your silence instead, Watch you bequeath your glory to me And rise: a better spectre of myself. I swindle and I speak with flatulence, Unwavering avarice... Continue Reading →
Ploughing words onto a lit white screen Hitting erase after every keystroke forward Unmoving, the first line stares Like a fort perched on a mountain top And the moat of doubt twenty leagues wide Do you turn around or keep standing? Night becomes day and day turns to dusk, The coffee on your table reheated... Continue Reading →
Halt! O Ralph, you poor little lamb! Do not ignore your love for the iamb, Do not trespass into that cursed world, Undulate your fate with comfort, Find in an illusionary resplendent world Your silken sheet adorning a dearth Of famed ancient rhymes and forms Piled into ballads and sonnets in dark dorms In sullied,... Continue Reading →
As larks under a shaded tree sing By the brilliant summer sun beat wings, As swallows fly across the blue sky Yellow flowers’ sequined tears stream shy And down they fall and bounce off high, When we were children, in awe we cried, In comfort lay in fields of swaying jade And wished these... Continue Reading →
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