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Tuesday, January 04, 2022

Ditty and Two Other Poems

 Do not be ashamed of your beauty.

It won't last long.

It is the beauty of youth that fades away

like a song,

that withers when left

love-lorn,

that like a flower is born

only from the stem

to be torn.


Stitch

Koshur Qalam challenge prompt 4 poem by Dr. Koshy AV
When there was no stitch
left to cover my victimhood
between those who had pawned me
and those who thought me the spoils of their gambling
you stood as a blue cloud
surrounding me
saving me
"Extend the border of your mantle
over me"
be I Draupadi or Ruth amidst the alien corn
listening to the nightingale
be you Krishna or Boaz
in the ancestry of the line of the chosen one
Jesus
"Cover me"

Pebbles Jan 3 Koshur Qalam Challenge Prompt by Dr Koshy AV
My life is a
Handful
Of
Pebbles
That lead me
To their source
My home
The rock
From which they were hewn
The water in which
They were smoothened
Fashioned
Cool to the touch
Fair to the eyes
An imaginary sweet
In the mouth
Memories
Pebbles
Light of God
Refracted bands
My many
Pebbles


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