I drank from the cup of the flowing stream of verse and was thus poisoned, with the charms of what can be in one’s imagination. The stream ran ahead and I followed, saw it melding with a dark river of secrets-
Month: April 2025
The Walk
So, I walk with the devoted crowds -the faithful, abandoned orphan Finally free to be at home with the truest, kindest love I’ve known
Nonsense response to a nonsense prompt
What are your favorite emojis? Don't know 'bout favouritesbut they've been my companionsfor so long, they're practically family nowA 💯 for the poemI think is my best damn work to dateA 👍🏻 from the managerthat made me work through a holidayA 🌹 for when I pour my heart outmaking sure I never open up againA… Continue reading Nonsense response to a nonsense prompt
Conch Shell (III)
Racing as freed wolves, my heart beats in tribal drums. I have no sudh-budh, driven to the divine form and trident in the shmashaan...
Word to the wise
Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow. Word to the wise? This:'tis kinder to be hatedthan disrespected
Ode to Ebony
My! Does she have a temper when confined to pins and clips- whispering, sighing audibly (even slyly learnt to flip)! There have been times, I must admit, when I've even caught her high to that dangerous static electricity... scaring my living daylights!
Conch Shell (II)
...the clarion soundsand my spirit awakensfloating to the groundswhere in spirals of incenseShiva sits meditating
Conch Shell
A low call ends highinvoking sainted blessingat half past midnightWandering priests chant the word...This is spirit's lullaby!
Haunted
A poem in spoken word from Dark River, a deluge of poetry.
The making of the poet
What place in the world do you never want to visit? places of indifference places of defeatabusive, violent onesand of hypocrisy places of deathof the only ones that caredof dark lonelinesswhen in deed there were no friends places of insultfrom those meant to nurtureplaces in the mindthat still remind of terrible torture I may not… Continue reading The making of the poet
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