The moment art starts to persuade instead of inform the people, it risks turning into propaganda.
Tag: poetry
On Breakups with Friends
We always focus on romantic breakups and how much they hurt, but losing friends to irreconcilable difference is painful too.
Seven Minutes On the New York Subway
A poem about people watching on the New York City subway.
What Depression Does to a Friendship
This poem describes the experience of knowing a loved one wants to help you – and their helplessness at being unable to.
Poetry Can Cure Anything. Even Chicken Pox
A healing poem for two young cousins caught in chicken pox's nasty grip.
I Am Not a Kashmiri, but I Am Sorry
A poem that highlights our alienation from the constant tension in Kashmir.
There’s Been a Coup in the House of Literature
Can a video really compare to the depth of the written word?
When a Place Forgets You and Not the Other Way Round
'No more over-sweetened tea with friends, or waiting to get a coffee and hoping the machine actually works this time.'
‘I Remember Holding You, All Five Feet Three of You’
'Now that it is over, you say, we must know how good it was'
The Exchange Programme
A set of poems for my friend Scrappy, as she prepares to leave for Italy.