I remember writing this when I was in college. I wasn’t always conscious of meters and iambs then. I preferred to write as freely as I wanted, only thinking of rhymes and imagery. I am still not too conscious of those even today, but I think I wrote more freely then, as opposed to the more contained stuff I work on now. Anyway, you be the judge. Where will I find poetry If you are all of literature to…
-
Revisited
Read moreHere’s a poem I wrote back when I was such a poet. I don’t remember anymore why I chose this title. I do know that there was a phase where I liked using one-word titles only, so maybe that’s the reason. Anyway, I read this today, and I think I should use this quarantine days to get into poetry again. It’s been so long since I last felt like this. You put both my heart and my soul at ease.…
-
Sunscreen
Read moreOver a decade ago, I created a list of soft rules or things I wanted to live by. I wanted the list to be a guideline for how I’d deal with life, people, and experiences. Anyway, I checked out my old blog from 2009 and found the list. I updated it, so it will be more applicable to where my life is currently at. Here it goes: 1. If you want to understand a person, do not listen to what…
-
Sunny Days
Read moreI’ve had a full day today, a really good day spent with the greatest friends any person can have. People have often said that to have one friend for life is already a blessing. Well, consider me super blessed because I don’t just have one really great friend, I have several. I spent lunch until the late afternoon hours with my ACE team friends. They are the bestest (if there ever was a word) people in the world. Everytime I…
-
Pick
Read moreMy father used to say that all I ever wrote were love stories and that it wasn’t going to get me anywhere. He always felt like if I really had the gift of writing, I should write socially relevant things. Yes, that’s because he is so good at things like that, the subversive, the socially challenging and eye-opening things. That’s not me, though. I’m good at emotions, at least I like to believe so. That means, I’d be much better…