Did I tell you that I am bored?I know it sounds weird.because being bored is not a thing anymoreIt is something of the pastAll Boredoms are now buried in the mobile apps But yes I feel bored at times.No, Not when the Mobile phone loses its chargeWith Mobile Phone next to me.. yesI feel bored I have tried to analyze this boredomAnd it took me … Continue reading A Boredom from the past NPM2023 2/30
They say words can dryLike it is some kind of riverMany words strung together can make a poem.Then isn’t a poem a river of words? Sometimes words dry inside the mouth.Sometimes they also die in there… What is the life of a word?does it die when it is the last word in a poem?If a word is used in a poem, does it mean it … Continue reading Words and Poems National Poetry Month 2023 NPM2023 1/30
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
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
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
The window does not have a choice on what curtain is used to cover it That is the case with any cover ups…. The choice is not with you… But Like any window you realize that there are two sides of a world. Would you prefer to look inside or to look outside… If someone covers a side of you look the other way.. it … Continue reading Window Self – POEM #22 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
There is a bird that is stranded in the sky and the earth below has a sign…. It calls the bird to end flying The sign says that walking is way better ‘Flying’ is for those who fail the sign says.. Behind the sign a man stands with two hands and no wings… he tells he would like to rule the world and the only … Continue reading NOT ALWAYS – POEM #21 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
I opened the door and stepped out, the clouds had changed its appearance… The rain was due that day, but it decided to pour in a different neighborhood. A smile that disappeared years ago came back in a drop of tear…. I closed the door behind me, and without looking back I walked into the world. Today after so many miles away from home, I … Continue reading Too Far – POEM #20 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
Vinod Narayan 