Let me for today close the windows and pull the curtains down and not let the smell of agony go out The world has a lot to deal with And let me not add to its misery So today for one day let me close everything up and wait for tomorrow when a new sun will come and the world will be more equipped to … Continue reading Just the World and not me – Poem#20 – National Poetry Month
There are a few words that come when I sit to write a poem every time I sit with no idea forcing me these are the exact words that open the door to the poetic flow Buried, Deep, silence, love and amidst Five words that keep coming when no other thoughts come yet I don’t remember having ever written Something starting with any of these … Continue reading Amidst Buried, Deep, silence and love – Poem#19 – National Poetry Month
To be a kid again you need to grow up a bit that does not make much sense being a kid is something we grow out of never to return… Or may be not? Adulthood is like a spring Pulled from both ends by two kids On one end is that kid from your memory And on the other end if that kid from your dreams Once you become … Continue reading Life is a Spring – Poem#18 – National Poetry Month
Writing a Poem for a daughter is not easy You can sing a lullaby, tell a story but a poem? That is tough Your Daughter is the poem Poetry gives meaning to your life even when you have abandoned your search for it Your Daughter is your poem Poems are timeless and a daughter grows up to be the same little girl Year after year … Continue reading A Daughter is a Poem – Poem#17 – National Poetry Month
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
Vinod Narayan 