Poems
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Again
April 4 – written as part of the National Poetry Month Challenge. There’s something gently heroic, about you and me.The simple act of getting off the bed,placing our achy soles on the ground,limping to the loo, dragging that borderline obese bodythrough the grind of the day.Epic love stories written in countless wet towels picked off Continue reading
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Morning Walk
I know we have not met. But I know you. Head held high, airpods in, Gap tracks on, arms swinging. Walking. Walking resolutely every day. Every day, before you reach the metro station we walk by each other. I am the one huffing by. Hidden silvery scars stretching across my skin Like a galaxy’s arms Continue reading
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Motherhood – And You Are Angry
And you are angry at her for being careless and silly You are angry because you wanted to write and now… and now, after a whole day spent being mum, when you desperately wanted to write, you have to be mum for another half an hour. You are angry because you feel this way. You Continue reading
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Poem Excerpt
Am slowly limping back into social media. My novel’s final draft is almost done, and I now realise that it is not the final draft. I want to make a few more changes… Aaargh. To paraphrase Deepak from Masaan, “yeh drafts kahe katam nahi hote bey?” (Why doesn’t re-writing come to an end man?) So, 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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Acceptance
My first post for the year – :). An update into the last 21 days if you will. 2016 has been a ho-hum sort of year so far. Professionally I am doing well – enough writing and editing assignments to keep me busy. A bit too busy to be honest. But the world continues to Continue reading
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