by Gowri Bhargav | Apr 24, 2024 | ArtoonsInn NaPoWriMo 2024, Poetry
It’s time to shift, yet againโto 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 drillโlike the sequenced dots and dashes of a morse code. And...
by Gowri Bhargav | Apr 23, 2024 | ArtoonsInn NaPoWriMo 2024, Poetry
our days seem numbered the fragrant past seems brighter my rusted brain seems too lost ๐ช’๐ฎ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ’๐ด ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ป๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต’๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ *** the mourning dove coos i see swarming shadows mock...
by Gowri Bhargav | Apr 21, 2024 | ArtoonsInn NaPoWriMo 2024, Poetry
The winter bird sang its last song, with tears my eyes ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป, ๐บ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ! The wafting fragrance from ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ now falters in ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป, ๐บ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ! I’ve counted every last leaf of autumn as it swayed to its skeletal self, In the cups of intoxicating ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ๐ข your...
by Gowri Bhargav | Apr 20, 2024 | ArtoonsInn NaPoWriMo 2024, Poetry
Every night when all the lights cease, The darkness from the days fails to linger, To a dreamland I mirthfully embark, Traversing territories that reality flashed a stop, I lie down in the verdant meadows mellow, Forgetting the ramshackled roof that echoes, I...
by Gowri Bhargav | Apr 19, 2024 | ArtoonsInn NaPoWriMo 2024, Poetry
The sky is enraged and serrated with winged birds of metal ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, The streets yonder are tinged crimson with muted herds ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, With vengeance billows of smoke blow hither-thither ๐ก๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐, The cracked windows converse with the tearing rooftops...
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