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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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Drugs–A Vicious Trap

Drugs–A Vicious Trap

  Theme : A poem that expresses anger, guilt, remorse for someone/ something An errant son–sadly, I strayed away, “Lemme try drugs”, to my friends I did insist, My uncontrollable mind went astray.   To dangerous drugs, I fell prey, Wallowing in a surreal...

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Boxed

Boxed

It's time to shift, yet again–to a new house, new city. I sort and pack clothes, books, and wrap the chinaware painstakingly, again and again, just the way I do everytime we shift. My mind knows the drill–like the sequenced dots and dashes of a morse code. And once...

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Carpe Diem, My Love

Carpe Diem, My Love

  our days seem numbered the fragrant past seems brighter my rusted brain seems too lost   𝘪'𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳   ***   the mourning dove coos i see swarming shadows mock my love! Will our...

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