Freedom August Poems

Spring winds clean winter branches
Leaves billow far from home
A maple tree sheds its own in tune
No one is around to collect them
Flat and perfect to...

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In the cooling from a burning August day,
I was hushed in the darkness,
before I ventured to fancy-
above my screen window was her-
a looming blood moon.
Of...

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In the dead of winter a crocus rises 
Within the snow, Jesus is reborn
Both fragile yet frost resistant
Like Persephone to Hades’ reign
Innocence is granted rebirth

In...

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From the very depths of my inner being I cherish  poetry,
without the written verse I’d  be impoverished as a person,
literary projects spur me...

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Sadist sadiq says; Londons having ulez
And he; only,  he'll decide.'
Only he'll decide.!
Sadist sadiq says, we all need ulez
With cameras both near and wide.'
Sadaist sadiq...

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Augmented reality, a different space
Unencumbered by school getting in my face
Greeted by sunshine and freedom to be
Unending days and individuality
Staying up late, dying my hair
The...

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as i began to understand Virginia Woolf
her voice from a room of her own
i realized i was upon a mountain
she had exposed the molehill it...

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Memory of Muriel 


When the big wave crashed ashore on the rocky side of the bay
seven white stallions, silky manes flying galloped ashore to seek
freedom...

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Our eyes become wet with tears,
Seeing this Independent India.
We cannot imagine those fears
Of families of the people not only fighting on the borders,
But also within...

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Alone I sit, alone I cry. 
Wondering what happened and why.
 Now happiness is around. 
Pain no longer surrounds me. 
I had options but failed...

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Try to look around and see if there's something new.
Revisit the old-time scenery that you're used to.
Ease the qualms and queries in your mind.
Enervate yourself...

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There was the discontent
Among the people
About the rulers
And their followers.

Sometimes revolution
Created violence
Sometimes the fight
Represented non-violence.

The aim was the same
To over the game
Of the mighty empire
Indeed...

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To us Indians, auspicious is the month of August.
With joy coursing through every heart robust,
We sing on 15th August, India’s freedom song.
From all corners of...

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Anxiety went into overdrive regarding...
"check engine light" being on

I desperately clutched
(the Peanuts stuffed animal) Woodstock
to help me absorb shock.

What invisible agent
provocateur née ghost in the...

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As August day darkens with sunset

There are always those
Who cannot let go of the summer

The sail of the boat on Torch Lake
First a yellow flame
To...

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