Here is where I belong.But I have also been there.Not just here… May be ‘anywhere’ changes it’s spaceand time…. When I am there.. I am here..This is where I belongNot Everywhere… just here. But do I share my ‘here’ with them?Them…..The others who are not like me..Can my ‘here’ and their ‘here’ be the same?Is there an ‘our’ here anytime ?Or will I always be … Continue reading Here and There
Are you Silent…? Have you always been this way…. indifferent, inconsiderate… uncaring…. distant.. Or are you being patriotic? But Silence is not patriotism Disallowing Discrimination is patriotism Speaking for those who cannot voice is Patriotism Being human towards other beings is Patriotism Rest is what you call Fascism…. May be you are Silent… because Today you feel they are not coming for you But there … Continue reading Silence – A poem for Mute Spectators
I had a waste basket full of trash paid bills marketing materials used tissue paper… a broken toy a banana peel a hand written note to do lists and then there was a pen I am not sure if it fell in there or it had reached it’s end of life… Sometime people also are like these pens… They jump into trash way early.. there … Continue reading The Pen Life – POEM #30 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
Aim for the sky you might get to the tree top Aim for the tree… you know the answer.. but I prefer the ground life is also about an aim and miss the question is do you want to fly or have long walks Both have it’s beauty… one is in the view other is in the mind that reveals in ones self… But life … Continue reading Aim & Miss – POEM #29 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
A sound has the power to reach many and many can make a sound.. And you…? You have the power to not listen yes.. the power to not listen but not the power to not hear… There are different kind of words in this world cries, laughs, shrieks, wails, abuses you name it there is a sound for it.. even silence can be heard today.. … Continue reading Sound – POEM #28 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
I am attempting some Tanka (a form of Japanese Poetry).. Please excuse any errors… On a white Beach under the blue sky in a red jacket I see her walking she loves me On a busy street in a speeding car while eating popcorn I get a glimpse of her She is crying On the top of a building sitting on the side with feet … Continue reading Three Tankas – POEM #27 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
a door opens I look inside a fly flies out on the street a dog barks I bark back the season changes I am happy shopping time Continue reading Three Haikus – POEM #26 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
There are three mugs on my table none of them are for drinking But they were once used for coffee now they just fill with solid.. no liquids… One I bought from Hawaii I sometimes put pens in it or pencils or pins bu now there are some stickies in it looking out at you… not sure what.. some crap…. some scribbles The other one … Continue reading The Mugs – POEM #25 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
Meet a dream half way and wake up walk a bit more and stop at the gate.. look up… see the moon.. smile… take plunge into the darkness Come out on the other side Walk back.. Sleep… The end…. Continue reading Dream Half Way – POEM #24 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
“Pray for the victims” they all said in unison “But they were all praying” Said a young kid Some Adult signed ‘hush’ at the kid and the kid became silent… But there was a seed sown in him the seed to question…. the seed to not take irrationality without doubting… A God that human created to protect them having to need protection.. does not make … Continue reading Question Everything – POEM #23 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
Vinod Narayan 