Mumbai Diaries : Coffee, art and conversation
The lockdown has been eased a little. We are allowed to step outside our communities and drive or take a walk. Its a relief to be set free after 70 […]
NaPoWriMo Day 30 – We shall return
And last, but not least, our final (optional) prompt! In some past years, I’ve challenged you to write a poem of farewell for our thirtieth day, but this year, I’d […]
NaPOWriMo2020: Day 11 – Flowers
Our optional prompt for the day is based on the concept of the language of flowers. Have you ever heard, for example, that yellow roses stand for friendship, white roses […]
NaPoWriMo 2020 – Day 5 : Freedom
Here’s my poem written on the below 20 prompts! Hope you enjoy reading it 🙂 I can’t tell you I enjoyed writing it. It felt like a mental exercise but […]
NaPoWriMo2020: Day3 – Let us out
Today’s prompt asks you to make use of our resource for the day. First, make a list of ten words. You can generate this list however you’d like – pull […]
NaPoWriMo 2020 – Day 1 – Searching for a shell
“Today I challenge you to write a self-portrait poem in which make a specific action a metaphor for your life – one that typically isn’t done all that often, or […]
NaPoWriMo – Day 0 – An ode to the Sparrow
Today, as part of the early bird prompt, we’ve been asked to write about our favorite bird. For me it is none other than the House Sparrow. With us being […]
Floating angels
Wrote this poem based on a view from the flight window Over the clouds we fly Higher and higher we soar Far, far away – you and I Where? […]
Ravan and I in 2019
I wrote this poem in memory of the Aarey Forest tree-felling in Mumbai. The story is that the Mumbai Metro needed to cut 2185 trees to make a car shed. […]
Mumbai Diaries : Finding my walking place
I finally found a place to walk- one where I can do so all year round without worrying about the rains or traffic or pot-holes or people! This means I […]
The Woods
A piece of fenced, green wilderness lies beside my house. A path of stones has been laid for those who wish to walk. It goes up and down and around […]
What I see from my window Part 1 : From my french windows
I have been meaning to write a poem on what I see from my window. I thought, I’d do one for each window in my house. And I thought I’d […]
Around Bali – Bali swings, Batur Lake and more
Our driver picked us up from the hotel at around 9.00 a.m. to take us to Bali swings. As much as I love travel, I am not a risk taker […]
The call of the koel (cuckoo bird)
Have you heard the koel calling? What does it make you feel? I remember as a child returning to India for the summers. That’s when the koel is heard the […]
NaPoWriMo :Day 24 – The Flight of the Kite
And now for our daily prompt (optional, as always)! Taking a cue from Bishop, I’d like to challenge you today to write a poem about an animal. If you’d like […]
NaPoWriMo : Day 10 – It’s hotter than Dutch love
Our prompt for the day (optional, as always), is also rooted in dialect and regional phrasing. In her poem “Sunshower,” Natalie Shapero finds inspiration in a rather colorful phrase used […]
