corners

corners I have coveredwith statues which stand talla flower vase with a fragile flowerlooks soulfully at meI never had noticed its rampant growthI touch it gentlyfeels its tremorsthe photo frame from the shelffalls on the floor the wooden corners are chipped I pick the pieces from the floorset back the photo frame on the shelftremors are [...]

rolled all over

I rhyme tepid with vapid, meanwhile, I try toget rid of smell that is acridah well, you better tell me-does bane go with sane?!or is it sane that is banedoes that work better?acrid was what you bidtry what you may-tepid wine tastes so vapid! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Posting a distorted NaiSaiKu after aeons, I think!

doing the undoing

I come undonein totality when your brazen hunger nuzzles meI nuzzle into youmy hunger is not brazenly definedyet it too totallydoes you in

WHATEVER! CUT OUT THOSE RIBBONS

I can’t have mercyI can’t let it bei can’t let it goI will mess with youto monstrous extremitywith zeal, I will jolt youWHATEVER! CUT OUT THOSE RIBBONSjolted by my zeal-extremely monstrousthis mess that you createyou have to let it gobut I can’t let it beas I never learnt mercy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A taunt thrown for Sir [...]

GRACEFUL WAS NO LONGER IN FASHION

that tattoo was a riotnumbers inscribed in its midstspoke of decay of a bygone eraGRACEFUL WAS NO LONGER IN FASHIONbygone era gave way to a decayed onenumbers danced with gleerioting in that tattoo art

acuity of touch

hearts slump against each otherlost in the seance of love flaming sky loiters towards them sanguine espression dissolves ACUITY OF TOUCH dissolved sanguinity flames the loitering sky love for lost seance breaks slumped hearts “crying against that fur is so comforting”

wrath of nature

nature toys with usI ask for rains-blue or otherwise ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ my lines have stopped rainingwords dried out in the heatI TOY WITH BLUE BLANKNESSinduced by wordy heatraining words are a dream now ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When twilight rains blue light,dry scattered dust toys with heavily humid air.Grey moon grimaces, wishing for a cloud to hide her facade [...]

tea with mixed drinks

that steamy cupcontains the worldimmediateas well asfar off placesTWIRLING SMELL OF TEAcarries this imageof togethernesscaring and sharingwhich keeps me goingtea is just an excuse I like to bend the rules of NaiSaiKu! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Broken glass crunches noisily under feet, empty bottle rolls under the bed. Drunk, I fall on bed, you follow me soon, totally [...]

Versified Reviews

Those two verses are review of sorts for Curse of the Pogo Stick by Colin Cotterill. Read my review of the book here. thousand-year-old spiritthrives in his aged bodydangerous keepsake for someFOR THE RESTLESS CORONERthat dangerous keepsake rejuvenates his aging bodyspirit found abode in 1000 years ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Seventy three-year-old doctor of Laos, restlessly slept through [...]

timid embrace forces out dreary thoughts

looking at me with dreary eyesfear writ large all over her. she lay there timidly, FIERCELY I EMBRACED HERtimidly she returned itlargely the fear leaving herthe dreary look from her eyes gone for such a small beingthin and emacipatedher hold on me was tightFIERCELY SHE EMBRACED MEtightly I held her closeemancipating thinnesscontained in her smallness [...]