On Board the 9:45 pm IndiGo Flight from Hyderabad to Delhi

Up above in the clouds Somewhere in the sky over India I hang by a slender thread To I, me, … More

My Friend Rashmi Chatterjee

Lover of trees, birds, forests, and hills Abhorring the cities wrought by civilization She is a child of nature, without … More

I see the lake, vast in expanse, The sun reflecting off its surface The trees giving it a green hue … More

Where are you from??? When I say ancestors, let’s be clear:I mean slaves. I’m talkin’ Tennesseecotton & Louisiana suga. I mean … More

Enter only such field of study Or only such profession Or only such job or line of work If intrinsically … More

from Poetic Outlaws I don’t like to start my day off with the dreadful news.I feel fresh and enlivened in … More

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees … More

This Passover, who reclines? Only the dead, their cupped hands filling slowly with the red wine of war. We are … More

Sent to earth to be a human, presumably, Sometimes devilish, sometimes divine I transgress my boundaries often To be just … More