What is poetry?©

what is poetry?a few have asked.i don’t blame themthey know not.rhyme and rhythmis that all?no my dears,it’s not!
i write what I seei write what I feeli write about lovei write about hatei write about incesti write about rapei write about idealismi write about materialism
shorter versesi love to write.only way I can getthe message across.scoring pointsI [...]

What is poetry?©

what is poetry?a few have asked.i don’t blame themthey know not.rhyme and rhythmis that all?no my dears,it’s not!
i write what I seei write what I feeli write about lovei write about hatei write about incesti write about rapei write about idealismi write about materialism
shorter versesi love to write.only way I can getthe message across.scoring pointsI [...]

Abandoned—Can I ask you why?

pleasure was yours, the pain is mine;
you choose to live, leaving me to die.
is it my fault, i came into being?
i didn’t have a choice, you had one.
why was i than abandoned by you?
if this ignominy is existence for me;
i would have preferred to die.
death i would have welcomed,
wholeheartedly within your womb!
(c)gautami.tripathy
~Sept 25, 2006
—————————————I wrote [...]

Abandoned—Can I ask you why?

pleasure was yours, the pain is mine;
you choose to live, leaving me to die.
is it my fault, i came into being?
i didn’t have a choice, you had one.
why was i than abandoned by you?
if this ignominy is existence for me;
i would have preferred to die.
death i would have welcomed,
wholeheartedly within your womb!
(c)gautami.tripathy
~Sept 25, 2006
—————————————I wrote [...]

The first books that came into my mind after I was tagged for this "Book Meme"

I have been tagged by lotus reads for this book meme. I usually do not play for tags. But this one I will play along. Only because I read hell of a lot. My compulsive buying of books is more than my reading power. Too many books lying around to be read. Here I enumerate [...]

The first books that came into my mind after I was tagged for this "Book Meme"

I have been tagged by lotus reads for this book meme. I usually do not play for tags. But this one I will play along. Only because I read hell of a lot. My compulsive buying of books is more than my reading power. Too many books lying around to be read. Here I enumerate [...]

The first books that came into my mind after I was tagged for this "Book Meme"

I have been tagged by lotus reads for this book meme. I usually do not play for tags. But this one I will play along. Only because I read hell of a lot. My compulsive buying of books is more than my reading power. Too many books lying around to be read. Here I enumerate [...]

Vacillations of the mind

Should we consider idealism dead
just because materialism has taken over?
Should humanism capitulate
to ruthless humanity?
Should love cease to exist
as hatred destroys love?
Must gentleness give way to hardness
as it’s too hard to care?
Does ugliness replace beauty
as ugliness fast expands?
Must life end in death
just because death exists?
Answering one/all in affirmation
speaks out loud and clear!
Where justice is controlled [...]

Vacillations of the mind

Should we consider idealism dead
just because materialism has taken over?
Should humanism capitulate
to ruthless humanity?
Should love cease to exist
as hatred destroys love?
Must gentleness give way to hardness
as it’s too hard to care?
Does ugliness replace beauty
as ugliness fast expands?
Must life end in death
just because death exists?
Answering one/all in affirmation
speaks out loud and clear!
Where justice is controlled [...]

Poetry is dead! You might as well live!

For some time, the poetic state is kind of gone. I don’t know if it has gone for good. Words are just not forming in rhyme or rhythm. Forget about being lyrical.
Maybe GOD has other designs for me. Maybe HE/SHE wants me to be a prose writer!
As long God does not expect me to write [...]