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Berth

...She wanted to go back
to the place that expelled her-
Octopode ink on a birth certificate.
Black smoke, not blue,
Dark smatter hid from view
Pale pink sunrise
Baby blue skies...

It rained th...

Categories: smatter, identity,
Form: Alliteration

Sex Stories

...Dark women and their softly lit shadows
haunt our days.

Men who dwell upon form and beauty,
are attracted to moths,
they grow too old, too fast,
their erotic minds
like over-sharpened pencils...

Categories: smatter, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Pariksha Pe Charcha

...Pariksha Pe Charcha 
Pariksha Pe Charcha
When the session ends
A student wends
Shows a lot of determination
To prepare for one’s examination

We all feel stressed
And everything seems messed
...

Categories: smatter, 10th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Family of Odd Eaters

...They were the oddest family and they ate no normal things
Before doctoring them up with metal, oil, and whatever nature brings.
Cottage cheese could not be eaten without a little bit of sequins blu...

Categories: smatter, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme

We Can'T Be Complacent With Covid-19

...WE CAN’T BE COMPLACENT WITH CODVID-19
We are fighting an unseen enemy
It is real not rare- this coronavirus
At this time of COVID-19 pandemic being our enemy
Don’t be complacent Mr. Clean 

You...

Categories: smatter, 3rd grade, care, health,
Form: Narrative

Nakshatra Nights

...(Nakshatra is Sanskrit word for constellation of stars )
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A midnight canopy diapered in silvery dust
glows ...

Categories: smatter, fate, planet, stars,
Form: Free verse

The Dictionary Equals Logophile's Paradise

...Nope reforming hardened criminal donning
scarred face, manacles jailhouse stripe, et cetera
nor taming screwish incorrigible guttersnipe
ain't most difficult enterprises
entailing me to wipe
dri...

Categories: smatter, addiction, allegory, drink, education,
Form: Free verse

Sonnet For May Showers

...The smatter and patter of May showers,
Falls on the remnants of April flowers;
Rivulets of design the soft rain weaves,
Running freely among March's fallen leaves.

Autumn is my favourite time o...

Categories: smatter, may, weather,
Form: Sonnet

Dark Matter Matters

...Dark matter seems to be
What isn’t there to be seen
In between
What we see.

They dub it dark since you cannot detect it
Nor can they inspect it
With telescopy.

Yet, while it can’t be descr...

Categories: smatter, creation, dark, deep, earth,
Form: Rhyme

The Oak In the Acorn

...the acorn in the oak
bark bone fingers crusted brown
waving sinew, shedding sky
tap root summon’d deeply down

sighs like summer sound in rain
building up then down the shade
sunlight filters ...

Categories: smatter, children, father, life,
Form: Rhyme

Reminiscences

...I met an old friend whom I hadn't seen in years
   We didn't get mushy, so no spilling of tears.
   However, we did sit and chat for a long while
   Reminiscences of a time that oft made us smile....

Categories: smatter, childhood, friendship, introspection, nostalgiafriend,
Form: Rhyme