April 9, 2017 – Meenas Poems

Going in circles,
I do not move ahead.

Thinking in angles,
I stay where I am.

Working in dimensions,
I end up nowhere.

Speaking in a tangent
I gain nothing.

But, I do all these in a row
unable to fall in a line.

Meaningless Jab September 7, 2021

Something is missingI do not know what it isI seek and strive nothing comes out in five. Something has gone wrongI do not know what it could beI try and explore nothing comes out in four. It is something that throbsI do not know what it isI attempt to fleenothing comes out in three. It is something […]

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Wet Clothes Off Season September 6, 2021

The drizzle and the rain the light shower and heavy downpour intermittent and lasting make the days essentially chaotic. With the sun always raging highwet clothes are hung in the exterior ensuring a quicker dry up, this seasonal break outs render a curb. Clouds gather in haste , the sky grows dark, a prelude to rainsbeing visible, I stand in my […] […]

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Still Night September 3, 2021

The clock strikes 10,The stillness, the night turning pitch dark turns me sleepy Brushing aside the slumber I sit staring at the skyabsolutely black with no stars twinkling. it is great, I sense a feel of tranquility a sort of peace, one of joy, While the external grows thicker in darkness an enlightenment strikes I straighten up in anxiety. The perfec […]

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Days And Months September 1, 2021

Few days here few days there hits me hard, been used to months living in one countryrest in another, months have turned to days shuttling here and there takes the life out of me oscillating like a pendulum I switch places all the more reacting to the aching jolts jostling with a fierce drive one of an undying passion that makes me die […] […]

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Anonymity August 21, 2021

The day drawing to a close leaves me in chaos.Knowing not what to do next I put forth a pretext. Camouflaging my ignoranceI show up my preferencebeing the one for peaceallowing a fresh lease. Circumscribing to the situation hatred converges with desperationeach one accusing the other in a rowcould have lead to fierce blows, My intervention dispels inti […]

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Swinging August 18, 2021

The swing in the garden left unattended years together creaks and croaks as the wind blows., not being oiled and wiped for long. Gone are the days when it used to be the pride swinging with head held high up and down it flew in speed making the least noise. One day a fluffy cat cuddles slips into slumber as the swing oscillates […]

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Regardless August 17, 2021

Brewing Assam grown tea leavesmixing with boiled cow’s milk fresh from the farmadding 2 teaspoons of sugar I serve. I see the steam from the cuprising steady, being so hot makes sipping impossible.Having done, I attend to my other chores. This being in the morning, and at four in the evening,I am beckoned. A warning, I receive. “remember, to give me hot […]

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Chuckling August 15, 2021

The gifts of gold plated roses,,baskets of Palmyra leaves, wooden play things. may seem different,unusual from what the majority engage, I might appear insane My eccentricity surfaces whileI explain the significance,Rose symbolizes enduranceas it sits over thorns,. The soft petals remain unharmed.The hard sheaths of Palmyratwisted and turned creat […]

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Wish To Be Like You August 10, 2021

A cuckoo calls every morning hearing her cry incessantly articulates ” Meena, Meena”I open my eyes reluctantly, Unable to bearher cry I shout “coming,,coming”, gathering myselfI descend the stairs., walk straight into the garden, I see through the hedges, look through the branches trying desperately to find her fail to locate however much I attempt. Her s […]

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The More Mundane I Turn August 1, 2021

Every month it is the samewith bills coming insalary to be paidan exercise that will last through the first week, Working like a clerkI enter and check deduct the advances count the notes twicefearing that I will overpay by few hundreds. Settling quick I start my present month’s procurement, writing them in detail and entering them in ledgers, tallying inp […]

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