Seeking the lessons of the writers we admire — If you want to write better poetry, then you need to first understand how to read the better poets. You moan, “Oh no, I tried to read some of her stuff, but I just didn’t connect with her writing.” The lesson you must learn, if you want to improve your…

Perhaps I never should have — a lesson in marrying too young — I miss who you used to be Or perhaps you never were The man I can’t remember As former memories blur Be honest, did you have fun Or perhaps you never tripped The light fantastic with me Failed to get a grip On romance versus true love Or perhaps you…

There was a grave mistake — Death came and took him away, his last breath sputtering spit as he got his last glimpse of day, limbs going limp at the failure of his prayers, his impish personality splayed out and frayed in the end, but just as his soul was about to fall into the hands of the grim fairy tale we’re…

The mind may let go But the heart made a different promise Even in a differing life and choices This wandering is never lost Nor is it let go There is a reason to in this place be safe When it is the soul once known is in the other’s…

One day, I found me At the corner of fear and doubt Naked and exposed to my humanness I dared to look deeper than my feeling of disgust Unearthing acceptance of my many flaws And gratitude for my imperfections Astute to life’s new attunement Thinking life to be one-way Now, understand it…

Dislodged and dismounted Swinging between the choices. Sweltering in the heat of agony. Simmering in fear of calamity. Shivering in anticipation of the peril. A death-like silence is eerie and scary. A mayhem-like scenario is chaotic and crippling. The mind refuses to discuss the possibilities. The heart refuses to succumb to the pressure…

A Planet and a Nation — In 1781 William Herschel musician astronomer staring into the sky with a homemade telescope — the best at the time — discovered Uranus. Across the sea a group of rebels staring inward and outward towards the future imagined a homemade government (the best at the time?) creating America. Uranus caused…

Micropoetry — Trapped inside the ice-box, amidst daily targets and the staccatos of keys click-clacking, she grows invisible hands, reaching out to the faraway sea through the glass window. ©Kavya Janani. U If you love my poems, please consider purchasing a copy of my chapbook — From The Land of Longing.

To ask To answer To promise The lemma of the true soul’s heart A place and time in the endless loop