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Gowri Bhargav

I’m a certified storyteller, a writer/poet by passion and a perpetual dreamer. This blog is home to all my writings—stories, poetry, travelogues, book reviews and much more. Do show your love by reading and commenting.

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Colour of Peace

Colour of Peace

  Skies seemed serrated in hues grey, Deafening silence signals doomsday, Muted bodies ‘midst ashes and debris, Their ashen faces harboring dreams plenty, Alas! Some think war is for peace… ~ While I wonder how grey could be the colour of peace! Missiles are...

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My Home

My Home

Walking up the mountains, Sifting through the deserts, Imprinting footprints along the river, Trampling the fallen leaves of forests dense, These weary boots of mine had seen the seasons change, I’d walked with them treading paths many, Searching for a place that...

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Diffused Dreams

Diffused Dreams

  As night unfolds Drawing the curtains of the day, Echoes of the mortal world slowly diffuse And I retire to revisit the tarnished paper Held within the confines of my mind… Etching the same dream that I weave every night I sculpt your face in wild imageries,...

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Lingering Love Songs

Lingering Love Songs

  Sequined songs of love I try to forget, Erasing every memory of you, Alas! If only our eyes had ne’er met, No seeds would be sown for a storm to brew. ‘Twas a fatal attraction, time’d stood still, We merged into a framed constellation, I loved the idea of you...

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Catena Rondo

Catena Rondo

Catena in Italian means  ’chain’ and Rondo means ’circle’. This poem is  a ’chain circle’ since it involves intense repetition of lines within stanzas. The poem consists of a variable number of quatrains (4-line stanza). Each quatrain has a rhyme pattern of...

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