About me
...It's me, Saeed Koushan—
In the beginning, I was a voice carved from stone,
a heartbeat caught between sacred hymn and moan,
the earth that held me claimed me as its own.
Love was the ember th...
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Categories:
cardamom, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Midnight Thoughts
...When your blue eyes
Looked at my brown eyes,
Like the sky came to kiss the earth
With honour during the morning dew on the snowdrops.
It makes me want to wish I were your perfume,
So you c...
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Categories:
cardamom, longing, love, miss you,
Form: Free verse
Whispers of the Wyrm
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Written: July 18, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Tom Woody
Walking around the edge of a massive crater that seemed to beckon her with all sorts of bizarre things, Alice—now an adult but still...
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Categories:
cardamom, analogy, space,
Form: Haibun
Poetic Freedom -A rhythmic symbol fie
...The rhythm is unlocked, started to soar, steady and a rise, bit by bit
T'was serpentine whim, charming shrunk to intertwine, an inferior misfit
inferiority complex of an insect, whence the godly sp...
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Categories:
cardamom, appreciation, august,
Form: Rhyme
The Weight of Elsewhere 'Part One'
...Letters from Borrowed Ground
'Part One'
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To: Myself (Three Years Ago)
Date: Every Night
Status: Never Finished
Focus: Warning
Dear Dreamer,
Tonight, I dig up buried footsteps...
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Categories:
cardamom, political,
Form: Free verse
Tea time
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Aroma of warmth, Aha! A cup of tea
Brewing romance, Yes, it's bittersweet.
Cheers of tranquility soak in solace
Darjeeling dreams, in Assam serene.
Ecstasy infused, our senses relaxed
Family a...
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Categories:
cardamom, peace,
Form: Abecedarian
Munnar's stunning blue carpet
...“I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored.”
—Quote by David Attenborough
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Three rivers meet here i...
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Categories:
cardamom, flower, nature,
Form: Free verse
A Sip of Oblivion
...Put a little cardamom in it.
Spice it up!
Cloves are great for health.
Add that in too!
A pinch of cinnamon.
Wow, what a robust flavor!
Don’t forget Ginger!
Peel and feel the texture.
Drop it...
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Categories:
cardamom, celebration, drink, food, fun,
Form: Free verse
In marked territory
...When my inkless isles
become drenched
with icy wintergreen embers
of apologetic auroras ~
and l i f e loses its lyrics in lilith's labyrinth,
this soul orchestrating in origami ri...
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Categories:
cardamom, angst, betrayal, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse
chai tea
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journey to another ocean
cardamom cinnamon motion
hint of masala
sip to enthral ya
chai my a spice laden potion.
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Categories:
cardamom, autumn, beautiful, celebration, drink,
Form: Limerick
Meditation Hour
...MEDITATION HOUR
Love notes written on vellum
Music scores with smiles between lines
Written in symbols, circles or waves
When lids closed for an hour
I’m inside a strand of hair
A prot...
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Categories:
cardamom, car, hair, imagery, light,
Form: Imagism
Belly Fat
...Pu Erh tea = shrinks fat cells & help promote weight loss (mornings)
low-caffeine
* white tea = blocks fat absorption & increases metabolism and boosts
slimming (lunch time) Caffeine
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Categories:
cardamom, beautiful, black african american,
Form: I do not know?
October Spice
...October Spice
Inspired October creates a recipe
For a sumptuous feast
A bouquet garni of paprika hued orange tupelo,
A fete of fragrant cinnamon shades in russet umber oaks,
Sprinkling tinges ...
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Categories:
cardamom, october,
Form: Free verse
Breathe In
...What I’d like to give you is an ounce of my perfume,
what you’ll get is my permeating essence-filled scent
so you can discover who I really am.
Step in to my space,
study the aromachology of me,
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Categories:
cardamom, desire, emotions, romance, senses,
Form: Free verse
Poor Old Punjab
...Grandpa Punjab was in quite a hurry
He'd run out of cardamom and curry --
Poor guy tried every place
Found only nutmeg and lace --
Told his wife that his memory was blurry
Poetic ...
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Categories:
cardamom, food, memory,
Form: Limerick
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