About me

A mother, wife and civil servant, a conscientious citizen and patriot ----- my abiding love for books has made me try my hand at writing poetry, none of which is anything but the strictly spontaneous outpouring of a mind that prizes truth and harmony, above all else.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Dirty socks

as I turned the socks inside out
to put them in the laundry
I had a moment of epiphany
Is this why He makes us undergo
all manners of misery ---
to get our souls squeaky clean?

Saturday, February 25, 2012

गीत

आज एक गीत था हवाओं में
चंचल, सुरीला, चुलबुला
कुछ तुम्हारी हँसी जैसा

गीत मैनें देर तक गुनगुनाया
लबों पर लिए मुस्कान
और दिल में वो तरंग
जो मचलती है जब
फज़ाएँ सुनाएं तुम्हारे
आने का पैगाम

फिर थम गयी हवा
गीत लबों से गिरा
टुकड़े टुकड़े हुआ

तुम नहीं आये

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Coffee

when too lazy to run
the coffee maker,
my sons saunter over
to the cafe round the corner.


tomorrow, a boy
not very much older
begins working at my home
sweeping / mopping the floors.


when he finishes,
shall I offer him
a cappucino
to assuage my guilt ?