We have no idea of all the people We are introduced in our lifetime not names, even faces or even the count We don’t remember everyone we know There are some people we consistently connect Across years and decades as they take part in everything that happen to us But the special appearances, we just forget Some special appearances do impact Both positive and negative … Continue reading Forgotten Stranger – Poem#12 – National Poetry Month
Have you ever read a sentence? Well surely you have But I mean have you read it backwards? The possibility is you have at least tried it once Why do we do that? Have you closed your eyes? Of course you have But have you closed your eyes and tried to do things Like have you tried to act like you were blind? Why do we do … Continue reading Why do we do that? Poem#11 National Poetry Month
Does life take us or do we take life with us since we and life and not independent we cannot take life with us but then life cannot take us with it either Life and we are one and the same people have been trying to explain Life ever since they figured out two things One; that they can think Two; that they can confuse themselves … Continue reading Is that how we Evolve? Poem#10 National Poetry Month
You do not need to fight a war to know about winning and losing Those who wage war generously transfer the results to its million plus citizens You just need to be a citizen You can win or lose a war without ever fighting in it that is what you call citizenship at least for some countries A citizen of the world thinks every war … Continue reading Who is pushing for war? Poem#9 National Poetry Month
So when did I learn that everyone born has to die someday I don’t know, must be quite young I don’t remember ever not knowing that fact When my paternal grandma died I was very young, I remember it…. but don’t recollect how I felt back then But I remember a few words from my Dad’s letter He was abroad and could not make the … Continue reading Understanding Death – Poem 8 – National Poetry Month
So I understand we are not the same We do not have the same thinking We don’t look alike We are different I am free to disagree with what you think Free to object to what you propose But will do my best to respect your opinion But thoughts are very tough to always respect I can’t respect your thoughts if they hurt someone…. I am … Continue reading Think And Change – Poem#7 National Poetry Month
A hand full of colors, even one color will do But it should not be the one in which I see the world A hand full of colors, that can resonate with the truth my colorless mind wishes to display A hand full of colors, that will tell me stories in languages painted by the human heart A hand full of colors, that fly up in … Continue reading A Hand Full Of Colors – Poem#6 – National Poetry Month
The shoe shop always had the same size shoes kept together as if the people who come to buy all have feet that are the same size how silly… I know why they do it… the mainstream walks balanced, so they believe….. but I am not part of the mainstream, My imbalance is what keeps the spice Raises the bar and even moves the world…. … Continue reading Mainstream Imbalance – Poem#5 – National Poetry Month
For me to write something I would first need to accept that I know nothing And then slowly I should let myself free and just wait, and wait and wait Sometimes this can go on for a long time Hours, days or months or years I do have many dried pens in my shelf But then over time you realize that writing a poem just … Continue reading Poetically Complete – Poem#4 – National Poetry Month
I have planted a rose by that same corner the same corner that you can see if you ever open your green window…. Well; to be honest ‘planted’ would not be the right word I have ‘buried’ a rose by that same corner I had removed the petals very carefully and had the stem laid down neatly I used the thorn to drop a few of … Continue reading Green Shut Windows – Poem 3 – National Poetry Month 2015
Vinod Narayan 