Tag: the writing life

• They hand you a box

  

  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 day, unexpectedly you spill outOver the edges, across the linesMass dictating it’s ruleslook they say, […]

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  13 Feb 2020

  Apoorva, Art, Creative Writing, diversity, Poem A Day, Poetry, Read, Story

  Agha Shahid Ali, Apoorva, books, city pockets, gender, Ghazal, history, leaves, life, living, love, memory, nature, people, people who belong to rivers, places, Poem, space, the writing life, thoughts, walking, winter, women, Writing

• Rebellion and Romanticism

  

  The night in its limitless darkness a black hole engulfing all thoughts The picture of James Dean on the table, apparently, a symbol for flagrant rebellion The clothes yet to be ironed yet to be washed scattered on the floor, that we walk on the rug eaten by many winters The arena for some poetry […]

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  20 Jan 2019

  Art, Creative Writing, Poem A Day, Poetry, Read, Story

  adonis, astrophel, does it matter, eaten, fly, james dean, leftover, Poem, poem a day, Poetry, rebel, romantic, shakespeare, sidney, smoke, stella, the writing life, unkempt, unwashed, vignettes, wordsworth, Writing

• Freedom in a Nutshell

  

  All wrapped up in my own thoughts. Is there anything called freedom? Where you know the ground that you stand on, understand the decisions you plan on taking? I heard you saying, “we are the choices we make,” as you dragged your toe drawing patterns on the dusty floor. I suppose that you believed in […]

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  18 Jan 2019

  Art, Creative Writing, Read, Story

  creative, develop, freedom, grow, key, learn, life, longreads, people, spaces, the creative heart, the writing life, vignettes, what if, write everyday, Writing, written

• All You Can Eat at Fussia

  

  This post is long overdue. I had written out the content but not had a chance to edit the pictures. Between creative writing, editing my thesis, preparing for the class I am currently teaching, and carving out time for family, there was barely any room left. When I finally got around to choosing the shots […]

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  19 Apr 2018

  Apoorva, Customer Review, Food, Photography, Story

  all you can eat, amstelveen, asian, company, cuisine, dutch, eating out, eating out in amstelveen, fish, food review, food talk, fussia, grab a bite, ice cream, its all about the fish, japan, japanese food, menu, mindful life, my type, pork, rolls, spending time with loved ones, spring, sushi, tempura, the writing life, veggies

• Face Reveal – a Half-Ghazal

  

  Face Reveal – a Half-Ghazal My son, age 10, is into Rumi, and his face reveal The Youtuber who does voices, and HowToBasic’s face reveal Rumi the murid to murshid Shams He whispered, away from all, I will make my face reveal Trust is built brick by brick, layer over layer Till, one day, the […]

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  7 Apr 2018

  Art, microblogging, Parenting, Poem A Day, Poetry, Story

  are you listening, bhindi, broken, eastern things, faces, for apoorva, Ghazal, half ghazal, heads, heart matters, i am speaking, life, macbeth, masks, my son, now in the west, poems, ravana, Rumi, sexuality, shams, the other, the writing life, trust, voices, water, Writing

• The Boho Life at Hutspot

  

  Hutspot is one of the coolest spaces I have discovered in Amsterdam. It is a chilled-out creative area spread over two levels, in which you can work, lounge, shop, get a haircut, grab a coffee or a snack. It’s biggest plus point is its easy-going vibe. With multiple seating arrangements and a non-conformist atmosphere it […]

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  3 Jan 2018

  Academic, Art, Customer Review, Food, microblogging, Story, Travel

  amsterdam, art, chilled out, city life, city pockets, city space, coffee, creative, dutch, fun, hanging out, hutke, hutspot, journal, learning, life, lounge, my city, places, places to work, relax, space, the writing life, Travel, urban, vibe, work, work life, Writing, your vibe attracts your tribe

• Of Diaries & Essays: meditations on memory, what have I lost?

  

  On A Train for A Personal interview. 10 Jan. 2015. 8:33 am train from Schipol to Paris Nord, announcement: “you can travel in this train only if you have reservations.” There is no sunrise yet. The sky is grey; the green of the fields, streetlights, and darkness hangs over the landscape, the train is rushing […]

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  15 Aug 2016

  Academic, Apoorva, Art, Story, Travel

  agha, Agha Shahid Ali, first drafts, Ghazal, hacker, kashmir, marilyn, Marilyn Hacker, notes, Paris, platform, Poetry, rain, raw, shahid, stations, the writing life, train