Introduction to poetry(after Billy Collins) I ask them to hold a poemlike a prismand watch it refract coloursthey can’t imagine or just sonograph its heart. I say send a bee
Introduction to poetry(after Billy Collins) I ask them to hold a poemlike a prismand watch it refract coloursthey can’t imagine or just sonograph its heart. I say send a bee
Tip, tip, tip, fall each drop of rain.Melodies take birth in my heart.Drops on my page, forming an inkstain.I’ll turn this moment into art,traverse on the wet roads in a
This serenityis notan occasionalglimmer. My daysare brewingin thisrepose. If you hadmet mea few monthsago,I’d have beenclothedin anguish. What cameover me?If I know,I’ll let youknow. Right now,my heartsoarslike analbatross. A permanentseason
Please describe how you became a writer(after Naomi Shihab Nye) My classmates never bothered to look at the trees.Even the teachers ignored them.I kept asking them to look at how
The crescent moon perchesatop my spine,tilting along with my rhythm ofcat…cow…cat…cow…cat…cow…Infusing mirthful vibes,it slides away from my back,as I flatten on the earth.It becomes a silent spectator,while I shapeshift into
Is my bodycatching up onall the sleepI gave up forloving peoplea bit moreor for dwelling inthe pit ofscreaming hungerthat fuelledmy passionor for movingaround the houselike a humanoid,picking up thingsdiscardedby others?
Honest haikus for women(after Emily Knapp) You let your toddler daughter travel with her dad? What if she needs you? Yes, I let her go.It’s that man’s sperm, anyway.Let me
Atop the office window,a million honeybeeswork, work, work, meeting deadlines.Are they happier? ©Kavya Janani. U If you love my poems, please consider purchasing a copy of my newly published poetry
I wrote this poem on Insta yesterday but forgot to post it here. So, here it is! Get the fuck out her life with that shit (after Miley Cyrus) He
It’s an artwork against the blue skySuspended; a piece of heavenWe can’t hear their buzzingOr watch them make honeyThey are a solaceto our worked soulsThey teach uswe areone ©Kavya Janani.