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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 writingsโ€”stories, poetry, travelogues, book reviews and much more. Do show your love by reading and commenting.

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Boxed

Boxed

It's time to shift, yet againโ€“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 drillโ€“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   ๐˜ช'๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ'๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ   ***   the mourning dove coos i see swarming shadows mock my love! Will our...

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Life- A Colorful Tapestry

Life- A Colorful Tapestry

  Theme : I am my own artist ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ : ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒโ€“๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† Holding a brush I paint my journey, As an artist using colors that destiny throws, Life is indeed a beautiful tapestry. I weave Infinite moments motley, Balancing both joys and sorrows, Holding a brush...

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๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป – ๐—” ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ

๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป – ๐—” ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ

  Theme : A Poem about Nature Parched she was, how she yearned for his grace, The sky seemed clear and the scorching sun was intense, He heard her ardent whispers and descended in pleasing ways.   Fervently she waited for several days, Hope seemed bleak and...

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Love and the Longing Lament

Love and the Longing Lament

The winter bird sang its last song, with tears my eyes ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ! The wafting fragrance from ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ now falters in ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ!   I've counted every last leaf of autumn as it swayed to its skeletal self, In the cups of intoxicating ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข your swirling...

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