Free Verse

A random collection of poems

New Year

Last Day of the Year Sun sets with no farewell Tomorrow it rises

A Thought Crossed My Mind

A thought crossed my mind, Was at the tip of my tongue, But I lost it. Perhaps it crossed My heart And hoping to die, died there.

Chinese New Year Greetings from the Menagerie

From the menagerie you honour in your almanac come these few greetings from animal to man, heart to heart.

inklings

my inklings are always false nothing i guess comes true poor me my delights are now or in the past

Things Far and Near

I see things far and near. Nearest are you, just there across the table, distant in your thoughts. Farther still are the hills of changing hues that always remind me of you.

washed ashore

a tree trunk washed ashore. three days it took from where i saw it first bobbing in the possessive (unwilling) sea for its deliverance upon the dry shore.

A Poem for Pongal

Pongal Magharzhi’s Passed and Thai is here; The Larder’s full, the charcoal fire Sweetens the air with flame scorched milk. May your Pongga rise and...
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In the end nothing will matter

When it ends, it will not matter That roses grow upon the briar That roots spring leaves on the upturned tree That prayers are answered or there's...