Verses
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Melancholia
I have been busy focusing on completing what I hope is the final draft of my first novel. This basically means that I have let the blog slide. Apologies. This is a poem I had written recently, and was featured in the latest (25th) issue of Dubai Poetics. (https://dubaipoetics.com/edition-xxv) Melancholia By Binu Sivan (Click on Continue reading
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Dubai Poetics – Stay A While
My poem Stay A While has been published on the Dubai Poetics website. It is a website dedicated to poetry by those based in Dubai. Please do drop in and send some love our way 🙂 http://dubaipoetics.com/local-poetry/ Continue reading
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Remember Part 2
We, like butterflies, will flit and float Through life Rendered utterly meaningless, Because the very methods we use to cope Spell the end of all hope. Continue reading
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Every Woman
This was something I had written in 2001. Still relevant I guess. Please do feel free to give feedback. Thanks 🙂 EVERY WOMAN The mother of all souls The seed of all thoughts I chose to be a woman. To live through the pain To grow through the shame To crawl through the cage Of Continue reading
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Cinderella – A Modern Take
Hi sharing a poem I wrote in 2012 as part of a writing workshop I was conducting for two of my friend’s daughters. We decided to revisit the fairy tales and give them a modern twist. A 100 or maybe 1000 years ago, in a rather grim tone Two brothers sat down to write a Continue reading
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Don’t Send Me Another Memo
The page is back under my control… Am posting something that has been with me for a while. And forgive the spacing between some of the lines.. I am trying to figure it out It has been a while. The kids have been shot and they have been buried. We have since moved on. Sydney, Continue reading
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Another Poem
Wake up! WAKE UP! Do this Do that Comb your hair Learn to tie your shoe laces Do your homework Chew with your mouth closed Talk softly Don’t scream Run Run carefully Don’t trip Don’t lie Study well Write neatly Tell them I am busy Keep your room clean Don’t overeat Eat your veggies Don’t Continue reading
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Outcast
Never chase the clique The elite… the ‘in’ group. Stand by your truth and your soul Even when your knees shake like jell-O. Your heart may beat so hard with fear That you may think It will take wings and disappear. The world may go for your throat With sneers and ‘I told you so-s’. Continue reading
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A Prayer For My Daughter
Another poem in the series that I wrote for my girl. I wish for you freedom… Freedom from worries about money Freedom to do what you will Freedom to be all that you can and want to be Freedom to scream, howl and be nasty. I wish for you independence I wish for Continue reading
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