I did not go to college and do my Engineering Degree because I wanted to. I did not know what else to do or did not have any other aspirations. I was ok with studies. And for those who did not have a clear idea on what they wanted to do, engineering was a prospective study area back then. But times have changed now, Kids … Continue reading Why go to college ? A Conversation with my son
Yesterday April 1st I kickstarted this years series of Projects for the National Poetry Month. As usual two projects. One was on Translating the poem of an international poet’s poem to my Mother Tongue Malayalam. The next was to read and record one of my poems every day for the duration of the event. So that would be 30 poetry readings and 30 translations in … Continue reading Kickstarting the National Poetry Month 2017 Project
Last Thursday Oct 20th I was the featured reader at the willow Glen poetry project and did a 40 minutes reading. I made a Mashup of the reading and here is a 5 video of several poems all broken and stitched in no specific fashion. May be it ought to be Breaking and Stitched in every way possible. Thanks to Poetry Center San Jose and … Continue reading Reading @ Willow Glen
When the last year ended and this year started as a single human family in this world we faced some very terrible events of hatred and violence. I wrote about them and unleashed my agony and helplessness through my words for a few days after each event and then did not know what to do. I decided to take up a 30 day challenge to write one … Continue reading The 30 day Love Haiku Challenge
I Nostalgia is not getting stuck in the past it is unraveling memories stuck in time reconnecting with parts of a forgotten you about faces that smiled and frowned at you the hands that hugged, cared and guided you words that mattered the world to you simple fun that made you complete once remembering people who touched your life. It is about missing the … Continue reading Nostalgia
Poetry gives your life back to you The life that you abandoned on the busy street The life that you let people trample on The life that you lost in the corporate corridors Poetry gives that life back to you Poetry tells you that you are more More than what the mirror can ever show you More than what you can see in other’s eyes … Continue reading Why Poetry?
Vinod Narayan 