Here And There

He was a temporary and permanent address, the epitaph said.Wonder what it meant.Maybe he belonged to both,perhaps to none,perhaps his shoes had sands from different placesand the tastebuds on his tonguedrew a world map.Maybe he carried his home in a backpacklike it was a box of Lego blocksand he had built and taken down his …

Turning lyrical

Sometime in the recent past, I had penned lyrics for a Bangalore band Inmates. The song - Where is home is out now. Do check it out on SoundCloud here. Glad with how the song has turned out. Here are the lyrics: Where is home I have walked Chained to the ground, Searching for a moment To …

Another poetry challenge

Today I start a new poetry challenge: 100 days of happy poems. Yes, you read that right. It's bloody tough writing 100 poems sharing happiness. Without a touch of gloom or anything negative. Let's see how this goes. Thanks to Bharath, a brilliant poet from Bangalore, for starting this.   Tented Spaces Our tent is …

Meet me at the shoulder of the river

Meet me at the shoulder of the river. I will show you how the universe opens itself like a book. You don’t have to know the language, or even the script. Come sit on the banks painted by the first rays of the orange sun. Let your feet dangle in the air, let the distant …

Merge

So this is how it goes, you fly into the ocean, I stand on the shoulder of the wind while someone pulls down the sky onto the earth. Sometimes you keep your wings on the shore and follow the dolphins. A few seagulls try out your wings when they scour the coast at the break …

Back

Just realized I haven't blogged for more than two months. It wasn't a deliberate decision though. Several events, some planned, some done in an adhoc manner, kept me busy. Started with a pink slip that gave me enough spare time to take up some activities I had on my wish list. Learnt a bit of …