A Rose is a Rose is a Rose is a Rosewhether it’s red, pink, or blueGod made us in shades of VIBGYORand told us to live those hues. The azure of the sky I’ve seen in your eyesturned deep cerulean in your heartYou sipped those blues like Shiva’s Venomwhich tints your bits and parts. Ah […]
SHEER ARTISTRY: A Sonnet on Ars Poetica
Ars Poetica (The Art of Poetry): A Sonnet When heart bleeds Aqua RegiaSolvates your inner spaceWhen Brine is tinged with liquid painWhich sets papers ablaze. When soul cracks in screeching silenceThere’s bloodcurdling solaceThen poems write themselves with painPen scrolls mere roses, lace. When agony drills you deep downYet, you don’t show its traceWhen pain seeps […]
CONVOCATIONS : The Celebration of Nirvana…
CONVOCATIONS…An Elegy… My poem is the literal representation of Sufjan Stevens‘s instrumental music album, CONVOCATIONS, released about a month ago which is his musical homage to his deceased father and also, to all the lives lost during the pandemic, COVID 19. My poem is written in the memory of my sister, late Vineeta Mishra who […]
When The Angels Danced On Their Heads: A Greek Folklore
When The Angels Danced On Their Heads: A Greek Folklore Amidst the stillness of eternal night on Mount Olympus, Euterpe stood aghast before her father, King Zeus. The muse of Lyrics and Music was dethroned of her glory, One amongst the nine Mousai, merely a subject to mockery. Her misdemeanor was loving a demon feigning […]
CHIMERA: The Saga of a Lady and Her Mirror
CHIMERA “Ever seen your pretty face, O’ My Queen?”He asked me with a coquettish grin.Nodded in yes, I was sure of the boon,“Ah! They used to call me ‘The Moon!’ He smiled and catechized again, I muttered, “See! My eyes, my mane!” “Discern my question, O’ La Imbécile! Don’t nod your head! Stop […]
Happy Birthday to My Glimmer, Anindhya…
Happy Birthday My Moonbeam, Anindhya ! What should I gift you today…?…except my words as demure, love as pure and blessings as powerful as you?So, here goes the last birthday ritual, my gift of words, your birthday poesy! ? ?? She’s the zephyr who wards off all the stale air,A whiff of sandal woods which […]
I Didn’t listen To You Maa
I gazed into her seasoned eyes, She said, “A quick glance should suffice. But never-ever do this to anyone, Co’z your quietude isn’t meant to be gone. All you are deemed to behold down, So that you can ignore all frowns.” But I didn’t listen to my Maa I dared, stared all eyes, got stigma. […]
सृजन का सच
हर सुबह जब झरता है पत्तों से अँधेरा हवा चुनती है बूँदें ओस की और, गूंजता है हवाओं में राग भैरव धूप की पहली, कुंवारी किरण भेदना चाहती है वातावरण में फैली वासना की गहरी धुंध; चाहती हूँ मैं भी, बिखेर दूँ हर ओर ताज़ी सुगंध | पर, स्याह किरणों से कैसे लिखूँ सुनहरे छंद, […]
हौसलों की हार…
हौसलों के पंख लगाकर उड़ने की बातें करते थे हम कल तक, आतंक के अट्टहास तले, रेंगते, सरकते उन्ही हौसलों को देखा है अभी| रक्तरंजित सड़कों के बीच जीने की जद्दोज़हद में खिसकते, घिसटते उन्ही हौसलों को देखा है अभी| शवों के ढेर जिनपर होती नित नई राजनीति चिताओं पर सिंकती राजनीतिज्ञों की रोटी शहीदों […]