Depression is a wicked bastard invisible, faceless, shadowless; spineless You cannot see it, touch it, dodge it, bear it A scoundrel feeding on you little by little making you hungry for something that you cannot define It exists when you think and when you don’t think; it appears on your face It sleeps when you sleep but wakes you up during your sleep It tricks … Continue reading Depression Oppression – Poem#27 – National Poetry Month
Life makes you silent, may be just for a moment amidst the bustle it forces you to realize that your existence will be recognized only when you cease to exist and then it will be too late for them and for you It is not a negative thought it is not your entire existence that is in question just a part of it a part, … Continue reading Time For Change – Poem#26 – National Poetry Month
Make your kid a Genius If that was an advertisement you saw and your eyes popped out, three things are clear First, you are not a genius Second, your child is not a genius Third, you think being genius is everything in life I differ; I can; because I am no genius What does genius mean? Dictionaries say a ‘genius’ is A person with exceptional … Continue reading Make your kid a Genius – Poem#25 National Poetry Month
When I go to sleep I wonder if the dream today will take me to the other side of sleep I get to the other side of the bed, A different room in the house, and even the street but never on the other side of sleep When I got to shower I expect to get out clean but when the water gushes from the shower … Continue reading My Polarity Check – Poem#24 – National Poetry Month
It has been a while so, tonight let us take a stroll we can walk past the woods into the open where the creek kisses the old man’s shack We can collect some stars on the way It has been a long time since I sprinkled stars on my morning cereal We can walk up to the bridge and then look down, who knows we … Continue reading Star Sprinkled Cereal – Poem#23 – National Poetry Month
Everyone has their own personal earth song and that is the main problem An Earth song that is confined to the boundaries of power, politics and patriotism An Earth Song that has been silent by religious prayers, chants and fanatic howls Everyone has their own personal earth song and that is the main problem We only have one earth and we only need one earth … Continue reading We need an Earth Song – Poem#22 – National Poetry Month
This story has never been told before It is about this guy who travelled with his book of jokes He would carry it with him where ever he goes giving a joke to everyone in need He said that people need to learn one joke that they can use when it is most needed At least one joke to break the ice. Ice that is … Continue reading The Book of Jokes – Poem#21 – National Poetry Month
Let me for today close the windows and pull the curtains down and not let the smell of agony go out The world has a lot to deal with And let me not add to its misery So today for one day let me close everything up and wait for tomorrow when a new sun will come and the world will be more equipped to … Continue reading Just the World and not me – Poem#20 – National Poetry Month
There are a few words that come when I sit to write a poem every time I sit with no idea forcing me these are the exact words that open the door to the poetic flow Buried, Deep, silence, love and amidst Five words that keep coming when no other thoughts come yet I don’t remember having ever written Something starting with any of these … Continue reading Amidst Buried, Deep, silence and love – Poem#19 – National Poetry Month
To be a kid again you need to grow up a bit that does not make much sense being a kid is something we grow out of never to return… Or may be not? Adulthood is like a spring Pulled from both ends by two kids On one end is that kid from your memory And on the other end if that kid from your dreams Once you become … Continue reading Life is a Spring – Poem#18 – National Poetry Month
Vinod Narayan 