And there comes one more of those days… I know you are looking forward to being 21. But this year you are stepping into a new decade of your life. You have grown up and if these posts seem to feel stale, I won’t blame you. There is nothing much to say to someone who is pretty level headed and clear about things. It is … Continue reading Happy 20 Rhea – Be Fearlessly Compassionate – and #17 National Poetry Day
We live in cities made in the eye of a village first blinding it of communities and then telling there is darkness. We live in cities made with the soul of mankind first ripping it off the body and then freezing it in time. We live in cities made out of skin of once alive animals first taming them to be friends and then skinning … Continue reading We live in cities – POEM #16 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
You cannot argue with ignorance… you will be drained… You can only fight it with silence and in that silence let it suffocate.. once it is gone you will know…. Ignorance is not just the lack of knowledge it is emotionless lifeless.. like the mannequin of the masses… Continue reading Mannequin of the Masses – POEM #15 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
Don’t ever tell someone that you forgave… because when memories chase you you will wish you had not… Forgiveness is not just a word… and not all humans are capable of it… And it is not a crime if you are not able to.. You should not cry, for the tears that have broken you helpless and hopeless Don’t Forgive because it is your life … Continue reading UnForgiven – POEM #14 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
They barged in and shouted “What are you eating..?” A small kid looked at an adult a half chewed piece in her mouth.. aghast… at what was happening before anyone could say anything…. the beating had began… Some cried… for some the voice just did not come out… what was eaten just grumbled in the stomach like an uncommitted crime facing judgement When the beating … Continue reading Beef & Cow Politics – POEM #13 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
Ignoring past is not progress rejecting past is bloated ego living in the past is foolish embracing the past may be wise and claiming to return to past? is nothing but Insane… We do not do time travel.. not yet….. Continue reading A look at the past – POEM #12 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
You cannot drive like crazy you might hit someone.. If you drive someone crazy you are still not without consequences What if you get hit..? Now you need a drive to do something with your life… may be have that magic screwdriver that you can use and turn things up tune them just enough may be even tighten up some of them or even loosen … Continue reading Drive – POEM #11 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
In the morning when you wake up what do you do first Take a deep breath? jump out of bed? look around? just lie down? feel who is next to you? bury your face more into the pillow? search for your blanket? curse in your mind? smile? cover your face? You can do anything you like it does not matter… but just remember there are … Continue reading In the Morning – POEM #10 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
We know so little about the moment we shifted gear to start moving fast… but time does not stop… but once we gain speed stopping became an option we cannot find life cannot be a linear progression accelerating always… we need to decelerate get to live again.. write poems read love stories kiss passionately walk through lonely streets alone and together holding someone’s hands and … Continue reading Decelerate – POEM #9 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
Words, different kinds of them with a little help they can form a line and then another and another…. sentences they are called one after the other uneven some short and some long yet all resembling the same mood. happy, sad, afraid….. pained… like human beings standing in a line to prove their existence to prove they too matter… who cares…? Like every word thinks … Continue reading Punctuations – POEM #8 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
Vinod Narayan 