NaPoWriMo Day 8 – The imp in my purse
The imp in my purse There is an imp in my purse , I’m sure he is the one, Who gobbles all my money, Just to have some fun. I…
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Mamma at the dentist! She said her tooth was hurting, She couldn’t enjoy her cup of chai anymore. And so after a lot of nagging To the dentist she…
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Yesterday, at Poetry Tuesday, we had Ramya Pandyan aka Idea Smith as our featured performer of the evening. Though I’ve known Ramya for some time now and have been religiously…
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NaPoWriMo Day 5 – Tattered
Tattered I should have listened to my head. There was a reason it made all those rules. Why it had created the cage I have no one else to blame.…
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NaPoWriMo Day 4 – Muffin and the war of words
Muffin and the war of words She watches me quietly, Her head cocked to one side. She is just waiting for me, To take out my netbook and write. And…
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NaPoWriMo Day3 – My student
Every teacher has one of these. That rebel of a student who she always scolds but who always brings a smile to her heart. My student He exasperates me, Makes…
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NaPoWriMo Day 2 – Don’t tie me down!
Don’t tie me down! Don’t tie me down! Don’t chain my soul! Let me fly high, So that I can bring back Some of the fragrance of the sky to…
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National Poetry Writing Month
I just realised that though I have been writing poems for ages, decades in fact, there is so much I don’t know about the world of poets and poetry. Today,…
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The Unseen Chains
Today is Women’s Day and I am celebrating it with the launch of my first book, “Who Shall I Be Today?”, a book of poems that celebrates the various moods…
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Why I chose to write poetry.
“Why did you decide to publish a book of your poems? Why not go in for a novel? Do people really read poetry?” These have been some of the questions…
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Are you really going to kill me?
(Reposted from my blog “The quill of the phoenix“. Written in response to the heartbreaking picture by photojournalist Osman Sangirli ) Are you really going to kill me? I really…
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My First Day As A Teacher
I looked across the sea of faces, My heart a mess of a million fears; Fifty pairs of eyes watched me, Some curiously, and some full of tears. All the…
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