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They hand you a box

13 Feb 202015 Feb 2020 Diligent Candy

They hand you a boxFour neat lines joined at supremely perfect right anglesYour body, rounded at the edges, pliable, more flesh than muscleSqueezing yourself into shape you triumph, look you say, I fitSkin compacted into nothingnessCells harnessed to behave One … Continue reading They hand you a box

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Day Two: Visit to the Kroller Muller museum

4 Nov 20174 Nov 2017 Diligent Candy

On the second day of our weekend in Oosterbeek we went to the Kroller Muller museum. Set in the Hoge Veluwe forest, the museum is in my opinion, the perfect way to view art. It houses the second largest Vincent van … Continue reading Day Two: Visit to the Kroller Muller museum

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The Miscarriage by Amit Majmudar

4 Sep 201628 Jun 2017 Diligent Candy

Some species can crack pavement with their shoots Source: The Miscarriage “if I consoled you it would make the loss your loss” —– How can Amit Majmudar’s words so relentlessly tangle the insides? Each line comes loaded, “his wealth of … Continue reading The Miscarriage by Amit Majmudar

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Poem Unlimited, Augsburg

4 Oct 201526 Dec 2016 Diligent Candy

Over the weekend I attended and spoke at the Poem Unlimited Conference at Augsburg. The venue, the Augsburg University, has a beautiful campus. The trees were in Autumn hues. I was narrated the story of a duck family in the … Continue reading Poem Unlimited, Augsburg

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Around – Ghazal

18 Oct 201428 Jun 2017 Diligent Candy

The rhythmic clinking of her bangles, rotis piling around Nagarjun’s pink bangles, wheels spinning around The smell of evening flowers lingers in the air You are saying something but no one is listening around Drink, after drink, roving eyes, hands, mouths … Continue reading Around – Ghazal

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Rolling and Smoking Will – A Ghazal

2 Feb 201428 Jun 2017 Diligent Candy

  Rolling and Smoking Will – A Ghazal Leftovers marked impending will Let go if you can bending will Old China, teak furniture, books His never-ending quill I closed the suitcase lid No hope left in swallowing pills A garden … Continue reading Rolling and Smoking Will – A Ghazal

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Car festival – a memory in motion

12 Jul 201328 Jun 2017 Diligent Candy

  Of all the moments you could have remembered you chose the noisiest, crowded, juggernaut of them all. Had I whispered white sheets, white jasmine, white cars, white clouds, it would not have mattered. The crushing gigantic wooden wheels of … Continue reading Car festival – a memory in motion

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