moss spreads like a skin disease invading homes in monsoons watching it gives me an itch I know it needs to be scrubbed, cleaned quick before it settles on mindsets blocking originality before voices originate from a distant past jaded opinions recycled with a twist I know it is a living being but … Continue reading Moss
the moon we swear by changes shape while the night conspires we’re not welcome here creatures of the night abhor light they fail to see beauty power, romance bringing seekers of nocturnal solutions to their internal strife Irony of life! a lovely window opens for a short while to meet, understand accept, dissolve … Continue reading Twilight smiles
I look for warmth a familiar voice a long-lost love under bright arc-lights I cry…. It’s a journey again may be one of choice it starts with a snag of lost memory I cry…. You celebrate birth but forget - newborns are just reborn At your ignorance I smile….. there are no … Continue reading Birth
you find transparency of my candor repulsive, while you follow the piper enchanted by the mystery of black, leaving me alone to absorb all colors of my truth and your responses, so that my face looks black… https://dversepoets.com/2019/11/05/dverse-poetics-on-shades-of-black/
flicker of an eye arched eyebrow hands covering mouths ignoring what I like -concealed hostility smiling eyes comforting touch supportive acts agreeing nods -silent companionship fleeting observation unnoticed, lost in the bat of an eyelid I wonder if it happened -enriching moments tiny units build mindsets deeply entrenched in subconscious … Continue reading Fleeting
Where can you find a bell that will ring in your dreams? where can you find a dream which will fire life above, below and beyond hollow spaces - that house fear and consternation? Where can you find a space to call your own impermeable to judgement unwelcoming naysayers open to exhilaration? … Continue reading Dreambells
I watch awe-struck beauty of whole in particles perfect replicated patterns majesty of small fractals yielding to microscopes https://dversepoets.com/2019/10/15/poetics-your-majesty/
greying temples sagging skin erect posture walking tall disapproving glance at a teenager passing by -hands gesturing in rejection of roadside ware curled up nose, frown on the brow -turning back to look for something he can criticise, once again… a lifetime of achievement watered down on the bylanes of life searching … Continue reading The Critic
I often wonder about the extent to which personality reflects in the manner one eats, not just the manner in which one dresses, or keeps the house. Both austerity and indulgence can be easily noticed. color combination interesting tables and presentation - love at first glance menu needs alteration I do not like quick repetition … Continue reading Food persona
I chose four of the quotes - “The world will offer itself to you to be unmasked.” from The Zürau Aphorisms “I usually solve problems by letting them devour me.” from Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors “Beyond a certain point there is no return. This point has to be reached.” from The Trial “But what am I … Continue reading Too soon?
