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…
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…
Splish, splash, rain drops, on my terracotta rooftop, O Cloud’s babies, bouncy crystal beads, I rushed to gather you in my palms! Cool, clear and dispassionate, I smeared you on my cheeks, And yet how unsatiated I felt! Longingly Earth waited for you! I danced, surrendering myself, to your copious Read more…
Being understated can be classy, That to, sans the perils of brash arrogance, Understated can be well accepted, From Cuffe Parade to Charminar! Understated, can make you breath easy, Being oneself and yet be adored, As you under promise and over deliver, Keep reaping the joys of euphoria! Understated is Read more…