Poem A Day – Diligent Candy

An Open Letter to Ravan on Vijayadashami

Dear Ravan, You of ten heads, master of six shastras and four vedas, blessed by Shiva, with twenty eyes and

Last month I realised my son Age 11, is almost as tall as me His feet, now, bigger than mine

Face Reveal – a Half-Ghazal My son, age 10, is into Rumi, and his face reveal The Youtuber who does

Last week I was subbing at the Vrije Universteit for the Genre, Literature and Analysis class for the Bachelor First

Fall, leaves, fall By Emily Bronte Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten day; Every leaf speaks

Aged five, an early memory, Rakesh Sharma travelling in space Mrs. Gandhi, he said, India appears best in the world,

Twitter informed me that today is World Poetry Day. Arundhati Roy says, “There’s really no such thing as the ‘voiceless’.

Some species can crack pavement with their shoots Source: The Miscarriage “if I consoled you it would make the loss

I have been writing poems a lot more than I usually do and reworking drafts of old poems. Perhaps due