-
i am deep underwater
I wonder why universities don’t include Bukowski’s works in the curriculum. Being the poetry nerds that we are, three of us orchestrated a mini spoken word session in our evening meeting today. (Inspired by “so you want to be a writer?” – Charles Bukowski) From times when words have been our source of inspiration, a […]
-
рдкрд╛рд░реНрд▓реЗ рдЬреА рдмрд┐рд╕реНрдХреБрдЯ
реЫрд┐рдВрджрдЧреА рдПрдХ рдЪрд╛рдпреЗрдВ,рдореЗрдВ рдбреВрдмреЗ рдкрд╛рд░реНрд▓реЗ рдЬреА рдмрд┐рд╕реНрдХреБрдЯ,рдХреА рддрд░рд╣ рд╣реЛ рдЧрдпреА рд╣реИ рдХреБрдЫ рд╕рдкрдиреЗ рд╣реИрдВрдХреБрдЫ рддрдиреНрд╣рд╛рдИ рд╣реИрдВ рдкрд╣рд▓реЗ рдЪрд╛рдпреЗрдВ рдХреА рд╕рд┐рд╕рдХрд┐рдпреЛрдВрдХрд╛ рдореЫрд╛ рд╣реИрдВ рдлрд┐рд░ рдбреВрдмрддреЗ рд╣реБрдпреЗрдмрд┐рд╕реНрдХреБрдЯ рдХреА рдирд┐рд░рд╛рд╢рд╛ рд╣реИрдВ
-
you have arrived
since you have arrived, the dust & cobwebs settled on our hearts and spine, have washed away, with a fresh monsoon breeze, tanzim has started to go out on walks, and count trees, woken up from his deep slumber, picking up the petals from the roadside, still fencing with his demons, who have a mind […]
-
i would never write to you
for all the letters,i would never write to you i would write a poem,at odd hours, like at 5:49 am,after waking upfrom a vivid dream,about you i am tempted,to let my musclememory – findyour name,in my contact listand tell you how i saw yougetting married,in a beautiful redlehenga with starry gold sequenceand you send mepictures […]
-
teleportation
i pop a pill,rest my headon the oldpillow and waves startcrashing withinmy head,smooth waves, releasing the contractions i walk into abar, i see you not you, someoneelse someone who wants meto write longletters to them, i am scared,i walk down the atticand it gets darkerand darker with every flight of stares and when i reachthe […]
-
empathy shoes
i will makemyself small and fit inmy big empathyshoes i am listening,i can fit you too,and yes you as well i can fit in,your worries aboutthat new dress in the mall i can fit in,your pain, your fightswith your friend yes, lend meyour hand,i can fit you inwithin my empathy shoes i will make myself […]
-
washing clothes
i have startedenjoyingwashing my clothes, coming home,walking pastthe two hot emptyrooms, then going backto the balcony,grabbing my towel and then,sitting on the small chair,pouring my clothes ina bucketful of water, watching the dirt mixin the bucket, watchingsoap bubbles foam upand for a momentinnocently staring at the yatches on my shorts and then as i pourwater […]
-
let love flow
i have deletedall the calls logs,all our messages,the images i have deletedour memories,because it startedto hurta little too much i know, you triedand i did too,to love eachother but somewhere inbetween, my love floodedway too strongly foryou somewhere the spacein between our love, becametoo less we were bothgasping to breathe, andto be loved but wecould […]
-
between harry & tanzim
tanzim asked harry “dear harrywhy is itso easy for everyoneto leave me, every timei start anticipatingthat love will arrive,it leaves leaves me bleeding,with all my woundsopen again,the stiches openingwith each word exchanged. oh i understand, harry!i am not perfect,sometimes i make my loved onesangry..i am sorry about that, harry! i will be a good boy, […]
-
рдореИрдВ рдЯреВрдЯ рд░рд╣рд╛ рд╣реВрдВ, рдордЧрд░
рдХрд┐рддрдирд╛ рдХреБрдЫ рдХрд╣рдирд╛ рдЪрд╛рд╣рддрд╛ рд╣реВрдВ,рдХреЛрд╢рд┐рд╢ рднреА рдХреА,рддреБрдореНрд╣реЗ рд▓рд┐рдЦрдиреЗ рдХреА, рдЖрдЬ рд╕реБрдмрд╣рдордЧрд░ рд╢рдмреНрдж рдХрд╣реА рдЦреЛ рдЧрдП рд╣реИ,рдХрд╣рд╛ рд╕реЗ рд╢реБрд░реБрдЖрдд рдХрд░реВ,рдореБрдЭреЗ рдорд╛рд▓реВрдо рдирд╣реАрдВред рдХреЛрд╢рд┐рд╢ рдХрд░ рд░рд╣рд╛ рд╣реВрдВ,рдХреА рдХреБрдЫ рдмрд┐рдирд╛ рдХрд╣реЗ рд╣реАрдХреБрдЫ рдХрд╣ рдкрд╛рдКрдВ,рдорд╣рд░ рд╢рдмреНрдж рдмрд┐рдирд╛ рдХреИрд╕реЗ рдХрд╣реВрдВред рд╢рд╛рдпрдж рдореИрдВрдиреЗ рдХрднреА,рд╕реАрдЦрд╛ рд╣реА рдирд╣реАрдВ,рдИрд╢реНрдХ рдХрд░рдирд╛, рдФрд░ рдореЛрд╣рдмреНрдмрддрддреЛ рд╢рд╛рдпрдж рдореЗрд░реЗ рд╢рдмреНрджреЛрдВрдореЗрдВ рд╣реА рдЦреЛ рдЧрдИред рд╕реЛрдЪрд╛ рдерд╛, рдХреБрдЫ рд╣реЛрдЧрд╛,рдордЧрд░ рдРрд╕рд╛ рд╣реЛрдЧрд╛, […]