The Eiffel Tower blinks dumb golden tonight— Microwave beeps, again Seeking attention. When I think of mistakes Recent, others worn out in the playground of stronger boys Who picked …
Tag: home
Woman at Twilight
A poem on how a woman's day is circular rather than linear.
When You’ve Known Someone for a Long Time
A poem about knowing someone for a long time.
The Moral Quandary of Home
It is funny how home changes and alters, how it forgets us when we leave but remembers us the moment we step back in.
Substitutes
A poem on how societal problems invariably start at home & are based on how issues are handled there.
Elegy to the Green
'I know what it feels like / To be brutally snipped and uprooted away / From home to home'
Two and a Half Storeys
'But we saw the world here, unfolding in all its mystery.'
Home, or Not
The author writes about moving back to India a few years ago after growing up in Mauritius, and being on the brink of major life changes.
Exaggerated Complaints
A poem about the author's strained relationship with his mother.
Family Tree
'Now it ran dry, the serpents long gone, the tree still stood like some afterthought.'