Poetry Archive

Embraced bare in rain Head on his chest, drops trickled Heard my name beat in, धक धक The Katauta is an unrhymed japanese form consisting of 17 or 19 syllables. The poem is a three-lined poem the following syllable counts: 5/7/5 or 5/7/7. The Katauta ...Read More

  He looked into my eyes Red, swollen, unslept I tried to smile Memories of erstwhile I’d leave him long back already But he stood unnoticed but necessary He saw me move & saw me fall He saw me fail & saw me crawl ...Read More

  Tried my hand at Triolet. A Triolet is a poetic form consisting of only 8 lines. Within a Triolet, the 1st, 4th, and 7th lines repeat, and the 2nd and 8th lines do as well. The rhyme scheme is simple: ABaAabAB, capital letters representing ...Read More

I see relationships everywhere. Every communication has a potential to be a relationship. That’s how relationships start don’t they? Some mode of exchange…Virtual ….Real! these days virtual more than real. When I met Laura she was uneasy, occupied and not the fun filled friend ...Read More

I took my time to come up with my first post of 2016. I wanted to write about something that gets me real passionate – travel of course and thus I penned a poem of all the beautiful places I traveled in 2015. 2016…..here ...Read More

Happy to have Ravish back to blogging 🙂 Wishing him a speedy recovery too! Here’s to celebrating your comeback. ...Read More

A woman who wants to give it all in love, if destiny demands and Lord commands. A romantic ghazal for women to express their love to that one who matters. ...Read More