Reflective Poems
Songs of the Wild Birds : Santal Folk Songs1997
by Rudra Kinshuk
Songs of the Wild Birds: Santal Folk Songs
1.
On a deep branch of the peepul
sings a red-breasted bulbul bird.
When it leaves for a distant land
a tormenting silence surges back...
2.
......
I Forgive you not
by Sharon Morgan
If you think I will forgive you
Think again.
If you think I’ll ever trust you,
Think again
If you think I’ll ever talk to you
Think again
If you think I’ll ever forget
Think again
But still, tomorrow is another day
......
The Weeping Goddess and Other Poems 2020
by Rudra Kinshuk1111
Continue readingIntrusive Thoughts
by Falling Awake
Distressing thoughts
that cut into life’s flow,
Are piercing through
the everyday pauses.
Coming on abruptly incongruent,
Feeling so extrinsic and unforeseen,
Their circuits loop around insistently.
As the thoughts intensify,
......
In Adoration of a Magic Bird 2017
by Rudra Kinshuk
The Moon
A hand of miracle has put an ivory
in the blue of silence.
Under the pine trees I stand
like an awe-struck male deer
......
Intrusive Thoughts
by Falling Awake
Distressing thoughts
that cut into life’s flow,
Are piercing through
the everyday pauses.
Coming on abruptly incongruent,
Feeling so extrinsic and unforeseen,
Their circuits loop around insistently.
As the thoughts intensify,
......
Daphne holds the chase
by Hadia Sadiq
Daphne holds the chase
romeo, did you know that you love me
with such sincerity that it makes me sick?
so, will you love me still if i tell you that
my heart does not belong to you but belongs,
rather, to the fascist with his boot on my
neck? you kiss my neck like you are worshipping
......
Clay
by The Moody Poet
I have never felt beautiful
At least, not in the conventional sense
Or in any sense - if I may speak my true
But I know enough to make sense of why:
To the lord I was clay
Soil and water his fingertips could work
Into the image of himself
Some call it an act of self obsession
I call it perfection emulation
In empyrean skies I was created
......
I Forgive you not
by Sharon Morgan
If you think I will forgive you
Think again.
If you think I’ll ever trust you,
Think again
If you think I’ll ever talk to you
Think again
If you think I’ll ever forget
Think again
But still, tomorrow is another day
......
Songs of the Wild Birds : Santal Folk Songs1997
by Rudra Kinshuk
Songs of the Wild Birds: Santal Folk Songs
1.
On a deep branch of the peepul
sings a red-breasted bulbul bird.
When it leaves for a distant land
a tormenting silence surges back...
2.
......
