after a long walk on the road i paved for myself i stand awhile to look ahead, see the dusk silently descend with the twilight gleam on the horizon, look back through the spreading haze of oblivion, see the fading faces recede behind the veil of silver dust i raised Read more…
His cart of full,Shiny oranges, greens and yellowsFruits and vegetablesThe emptiness in eyes unseen By the multitudes flocking to stockUp on life’s necessities;Mask in place, keeping monkeys at bayThe wife, her nose-ring sparkled in the sun ; toddlers grovelling in dust Their face spoke nothingHe was garrulous;nimble fingers doling and Read more…
The rusted swing creakedThe faded, moth eaten cushionsSmelt of musty life; well treadedCardamom tea was freshly brewed however.. The morn was flush with a February breezeThe papers screamed nothing ,for a change;She sighed, the prawns had to be boughtA partner lost to the daily dose of drugs.. The routine never Read more…
Hair all tucked in; shorn of jewelleryLike newly minted doctors gathering degrees;Swaddling along in blue cloth slippersThe women in pink robes On the operation tableLike a chicken to be slaughteredThe pain throbs deep intoThe abyss of one’s core Nails digging into one’s skinThe prick of pain buried as theSensations swept Read more…
Srujani Mohanty Loftily they swing in the breeze, Their colours spinning off dreams, Rosy tufts of neat petals The laden bunches inspire nameless emotions! As they float down onto mossy green waters, adrift on people’s imaginations That churn, lift, pacify the millions… Partaking of the nectar of their sweet spectacle! Read more…
It shone between the shapely browsThe powder dusting off her noseAs he stood behind her,Locking melting eyes in the mirror.. The third eye watched over herCavorting very possessivelyFestivals added the flamingTo the mark of conjugal love She stopped applying, the mercuryEating into her thinning hairOccasions brought out with fineryAdded that Read more…
The bodies lay out on the Goan sandFleshy and unclad,Blushing with healthFed on life’s luxuriant proprieties… The beach perfect shapesThe bikinis cut to perfectionThe suntan oil primed to colourthem in a becoming olive tan! She came along, her Saree tornIn places she tries to hide her curves,Her complexion heightened to Read more…
Lightly, O lightly we bear her along,She sways like a flower in the wind of our song;She skims like a bird on the foam of a stream,She floats like a laugh from the lips of a dream.Gaily, O gaily we glide and we sing,We bear her along like a pearl Read more…
Ee how the speckled sky burns like a pigeon’s throat,Jewelled with embers of opal and peridote. See the white river that flashes and scintillates,Curved like a tusk from the mouth of the city-gates. Hark, from the minaret, how the muezzin’s callFloats like a battle-flag over the city wall. From trellised Read more…
The serpents are asleep among the poppies,The fireflies light the soundless panther’s wayTo tangled paths where shy gazelles are straying,And parrot-plumes outshine the dying day.O soft! the lotus-buds upon the streamAre stirring like sweet maidens when they dream. A caste-mark on the azure brows of Heaven,The golden moon burns sacred, Read more…