On a typical hot summer day, when sweat pores become way too generous As the blanket lies in the corner shaped like a canine waiting for its master’s love you see the bare body you adore and think just about making love and you say to yourself “Sweat, you make it all beautiful You give it that extra push Sweat, you make love making happen happen in its … Continue reading Advice On Love Making – Poem 16 – National Poetry Month
There are plenty of unfinished business we leave behind us when sun goes down Some return and show their half done faces when the sun rises No one finishes everything We all have to be hurt by the incompleteness It is a fact of life, But Unfinished does not mean we are finished Those unfinished business that don’t return are eaten by the moons. Not just … Continue reading A Feast for the Moon – Poem-15 – National Poetry Month
My friend was not much of a drinker glasses filled to brim always wait for the lips as I sat in front of him the 18 years scotch must have felt offended “Don’t drink if you don’t feel like” I said I poured him a philosophical Sufi story He drank it with passion and gave me a smile He asked more I changed the brand Gave him … Continue reading The Poetry Cocktail – Poem#14 National Poetry Month
Never leave a poem midway while you are reading It is ok to leave stories midway because stories are not poems Never leave a poem midway All stories mean same to all readers Story writers will not agree Even I will not agree if you ask me after I have written mine Never leave a poem midway because poems are not stories Every poem is a … Continue reading Never leave a poem midway – Poem#13 – National Poetry Month
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
Vinod Narayan 