Today I had two beers Usually I don’t drink beer But today I had two I am a Brandy kind of guy Beer gives you a belly they say… Both Beer and Brandy start with a ‘B’ Even belly starts with a ‘B’ But that does not mean anything I just like Brandy over beer The only time I really loved Beer was in London. … Continue reading 12/30 | Today I had Beer | National Poetry Month 2018
I took a pot of water and kept it on the stove; I put an old memory into it.. let it boil… As it boiled, I sprinkled some laughter, just enough for a faint smile. and let is simmer… I could see some tears evaporating, but it did not smell bad. I switched off the stove. took a sip. an unspeakable calmness descended on me. … Continue reading 11/30 | Something’s cooking | National Poetry Month 2018
Beyond the edge of something small, Something simple, completely insignificant; there lies something big… Like on the edge of a passing thought a whole enlightenment awaits you. But on the edge… the journey just starts it is the beginning and you have two choices Today.. live an entire life reaching the edge and never embarking on the journey OR live on the edge Sit, sleep, … Continue reading 5/30 – Journey Beyond the Edge – National Poetry Month 2018
He had an appetite like the ocean engulfing everything that came to his shore he also had sand on his doorsteps it is there since a while first it came when the one eyed bikini lady first slept on the porch. but he was young back then that was twenty years ago. now the bikini lady is sleeping underneath the avocado tree. the one that … Continue reading 2/30 Appetite Like an Ocean – National Poetry Month 2018
This year on National Poetry Month I plan to do two projects. One would be Malayalam translations of International Poets and other would be reading videos of my poems. Like last year this is going to be a daily project starting on April 1st and ending on April 30th. Some of the poets whose poems I plan to translate to Malayalam include Bertolt Brecht, Henri Mixhaux, Francis Ponge … Continue reading National Poetry Month 2017 – My Projects
I live in the body of an unfullfilled dream a dream someone saw but failed to take action on the wings were there but sleep was not enough for them to grow fully and fly free I saw someone in the body of a fulfilled dream But there was nothing much in it after all dreams are lost when achieved then on I never cared … Continue reading As The Body Dreams – National Poetry Month 2016 – Day20
And there will be a thought that I will dip in a pot of boiling water and simmer… I will relish the aroma like I have never experienced before May be it is the same thought that has passed my mind on some past date I forgot that to mark on my calendar a birthday, a tragedy, a moment of pride I don’t know I … Continue reading Poetry, I love You – Poem#30 – National poetry Month
Have you ever thought of life on the other side of the barbed wire I have not; I have never been behind one that is what I believed till I figured it was not really true we are always on one side or the other of a barbed wire We just don’t accept that we are free when someone else is loosing theirs we don’t … Continue reading Toxic Barbed Wire Dreams – Poem#29 – National Poetry Month
“Your social skills deplete When you always make love with the keyboard and ejaculate into the social media nothing beautiful comes out you are not creating life here” Someone told me this as I was doing exactly the same thing “It is always the same old same old till you turn old..” he said He then gave me a big lecture; There was a time when … Continue reading Social Media Life – Poem#28 – National Poetry Month
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
Vinod Narayan 