I grew up in an era when television screens received inputs from metal antennae planted on terraces. Watching the sun entangled between bars saddened the child in me. I was taught at home not to catch butterflies and cause them pain, but dissecting a frog in the lab was forgivable. Dear Nature, your silence has … Continue reading Speak to us, threaten….
clouds - mesmerized bysolidness of silhouettes-touch to be convinceddisintegrate in ether.-pacts of solidarity Photo Challenge at MLMM
Earth - so humbly silentnot boasting of its treasuresit lets the sky show offshiny roofs at night Stardust in youinconspicuously matte-it takes human effortto bring out luster-compete with the skies-give them a floorto rest egos Quadrille #169
Sharing some of my artwork on the theme of Emergence, Optimism and Ambition EMERGENCEOPTIMISMAMBITION Sunday Confessionals at MLMM
fungal growthssuperimposed thoughts-divert cleanneural paths-blue moods darken clean landscapesthe black dog barks loud -did you missa dash of yellowin turquoise-did you misstoothless smiles on grey morningsfind what lights your life -reflectionsof skies and deep sea-floating lifein whirlpools-offers seats to optimismWill you miss the chance? What Do You See?
rings of delusionconceal hollow cores-leave scared spacefor doctrines, opinion,-to seep into structuresinvisible alterationrendering existencefettered and futile-on borrowed oxygen the sun does not seton empires-which controlday and nightnomenclatures-the clock shows twelveinstead of 24 hours-hands of poweron the throat of time-calendars of achievementdiscardedevery year -hunger for power is globalthere's no satiety-food and prosperityis no substitutefor control onhumanityin … Continue reading Subjugation
One more Time Poem ….by Artie
Enjoy his ride down memory lane.
Here’s one from some time out of mind:
Horses prance
all about
the fairgrounds.
The captain’s epaulette
with dangling
tassels tussle
as he rides.
Freaks and Geeks
dance in shows
saying the time
is ours now.
And Mary doesn’t remember
me
or she does
but will not/just won’t say.
I recall our
parents smiling
while her Ayrshire
red ribboned
I held a blue
for my cow poem (she pronounces po-em).
We climb the Himalaya
holding tight
amid the screams;
can you tell me
when this hurl
will be over
just to help
us stay sane.
Our head-spinning
stops per doctor ordered
Sizzle Onion
sausages
an after-thought
for a bun.
Sweet lemonade
hide my hiccup
looking down from
top of the world
Ferris wheel
her hand in mine
making imprints
on eternity.
Let us get
lost in the
house of mirrors
and just when we become afraid we won’t get out
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The key drops with a thud on the cold floor. Beads of sweat on her forehead glisten in the sun. She has been warned against touching the ancient treasure. Her ancestors guard it in form of snakes and scorpions, and woe begone to anyone who goes near … or so the locals say. There is … Continue reading Folklore
Ahh–The Indifference of Time …………by Aishwarya
RxC # 266
Ah! The indifference of time,
I exist everywhere,
In the by-lanes of crime,
In the hearts of poets who rhyme,
In the deathbeds of ailing,
In the newborns wailing,
In the fast lanes of Gen Z,
In the equanimity of all seeing tree,
Ah! The indifference of time,
Ah! The indifference of time,
I exist unscathed,
If I were to be here,
And you were to be there,
Yet life and causes differ,
Differently, even a mother and daughter suffer,
Know not I, much of you, and you of me,
Except for stories we share of sorrows and glee,
Ah spaced divergently! The indifference of time.
Ah! The indifference of time,
I exist eternally,
On different dimensions,
Harbouring similar apprehensions,
Man, riddled by emotions,
And intoxicated self promotion,
I see moon by the night and you star by the day,
Yet we exist until we may,
Ah!…
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