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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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After rummaging through the garbage can for leftovers I slept on the pavement feeling tired, hungry, and cold. Within a few moments, my ears exploded with the screeching sound of tires, following which I felt a sharp pain. I was mangled beyond recognition and my...

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Gateway to Utopia

Gateway to Utopia

    Prologue  Year 3000 The carmine sky was tinged with somber clouds. Smoke billowed in many places–the lightning strikes every night had become increasingly devastating. Most high-rise buildings were reduced to dust and ashes. The remaining few were in a...

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Withered Rose

Withered Rose

#alsweeklypoetrycontest306 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 : 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲 ( 𝘼𝙣 𝘼𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙢) 𝗪andering across myriad paths my strained soul still seeks thee, 𝗜ambs, trochees, anapests,dactyls…I pen as my beating heart whispers thy name, 𝗧eetering betwixt the past and present, 𝗛allucinating...

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Susurrating Symphonies

Susurrating Symphonies

In the alpenglow of autumnal breeze, Fond memories perch on vivid rainbows, The dreamy moments, how I long to seize. The dainty bluebells from a sprightly spring, With vibrant heartstrings, I can hear them sing. Like myriad leaves in the maple trees, Thoughts umpteen...

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Rain, Raga and Reminiscence

Rain, Raga and Reminiscence

The sky was overladen with dark clouds and the sizzling ground was abated by a few stray raindrops. Ah! The heavenly petrichor–it carried resounding memories. I was reminded of the day when Ramesh had come with his parents to see me – the same old-fashioned way to...

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A Writer’s Struggle

A Writer’s Struggle

Words seemed to elude me, Blank was my clueless mind, I was struggling to find My lost muse that'd abandoned me sadly, Parched ink in somber hues waned and I made a plea, In a realm parallel, I sunk 'midst many a shadow, My fears did grow… A writer's death knell?! It...

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