Heaped Up Poems

Victoria, do your duty, Along with me'

...Do we all hear the rumour? A funeral draws near.' A spectacle is intended I think that much
Is real clear.' There will be black gloves and the
Muffled drums, that measured tread..Somber
Theater sp...

Submit the Words

...I'm going to submit the words
the words that drive my daily thoughts
past wastelands of dirty laundry
and heaped up dishes that scream out
wash me while the water's hot
we're important, writing'...

On a New Year's day

...Located where the mountains and the sky collide,

The great pagoda floats amid the sea of clouds,

With a luxuriant garden stretching far and wide,

And solemn sculptures monitoring the sacred ...

Bengaluru Now, I Witness You!

...Silicon city
That pulsates,
Both day and night,
The Tech Capital
And the sky, veiled
With urban haze
And dense, sprawling cityscape.

Grey city of its
Gridlocked roads
Surrounded by
Toweri...

sweet strawberry jam

...Sweet
Strawberry jam
Sticky gooey gummy
And warmed up it is the most yummy
Heaped up on toast is what I like the most
Baked up fresh in grandma’s oven
Delicious on ice cream
Strawberry jam
Sw...

Iron

...A time to rake; to search embers,
to pore over resurrected,
fire-damaged relics.

On an ancient shore
driftwood, fagots, and reeds
are heaped up onto a pyre of time.

After the fire there is ...

How Christmas Almost Wasn't

...It's Christmas Eve at the North Pole,
But everybody is resting,
And Santa's sleigh's not been loaded
Because the elves are protesting.
They're demanding better wages,
A four-day work week, more ...

December, and the Light is Low and Cutting

...Sky filters through scant woods
printing a cold sunlight on shadowed tree trunks.

Only December has this light,
it both scours and forages,
it scythes away all heaped-up flotsam.
A December wi...

Iron Rations

...A time to rake; to search embers,
for fingerprints and the scorched optics
of the scattered and blind.

After the violence, fagots, and reeds
are heaped up into pyres,
but first the sorting,
t...

Dawn Hike

...Daylight wipes its face.
I travel through a door
unlocking an attic of mind.

If I had a best pair of pants
I would wear them
but I have only the next to best.

Small unnamed birds
are clamb...

Notability

...Best case scenario -
my fame walking into the future,
all my failed handiworks
recognized as avant garde – well before their time.
Honor and distinction heaped-up posthumously.
An unexceptional ...

PISCES PIECES

...Now see a fine display in market hall 
Where fishmonger's stalls sell the freshest catch. 
A world of wet white tiles and melting ice. 
Seafood displayed, arranged in rank and file.
One Scottish ...

Pandemic Stew

...Let's do dinner tonight at the Covid 19, the hottest new restaurant in town.
We won't need a face mask, we'll sit with a crowd and dine on Pandemic Stew.
We'll start with a creamy White Supremacist...

Arms Race

...We've heard all about the stockpiling,
the toilet rolls, lettuce and beans,
but secretly more of this is going on
unnoticed, and behind the scenes.
The Government, in our best interests,
(which ...

My Dream For My Nation

...Last night I slept
And last night I dreamt
Of what has come and gone
And that which is to come

It was a revelation
Of an impending revolution
The dream made me to dream
The dream is my dream...

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