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Lines on the moon

November 2, 2022

Your thought of me completes my dream of you. Like two pieces of the sky joining together at day and …

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Bewitched

October 20, 2022

And so the desert days stretch in the distance all the way to where the sky stoops low to meet …

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A letter

September 19, 2021

Write me a letter today, maybe tomorrow –  Telling me how your day was – This day and yesterday and …

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Butterflies

June 16, 2020

Bubble up, creativity, ingenuity and all that clamors for expression Bubble up, the courage to build a world for myself… …

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Hope

June 14, 2020

Like a tree in the deepest forest,  hope bends and twists, then bends more, and moves close to the ground, a …

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Of snow

April 23, 2020

This burial ground stays silent, its heart is made of snow It crouches – holding tight its frozen sky and …

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Pilgrims

April 9, 2020

Watch the late noon sunlight resting on the terrace plant, among its sprightly shoots waving their fingers at the light, …

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Day

August 4, 2019

In all the fullness of day, there remains a small empty space that bides its time, seeks a name, hides …

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Just another day

January 26, 2019

Seated in the wind and hidden among the clouds, I see stars and sky race through uncounted cycles of time …

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Short story

January 19, 2019

The truth is – moments are long, days are short –  The moments, long – the days, short – And between …

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Unnamed

January 19, 2019

A corner of the sky glows with a warm golden light as if you playfully splashed colors on the book …

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Song of life

August 1, 2018

​ Like a ghost note from an old ghazal that floats in unexpectedly upon the twilight breeze, an early-morning dream …

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And this is what it is

June 11, 2018

And this is what this world has for you… A sun and sky, some moon and the sloping shadow of …

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The trinket

May 14, 2018

She was visiting me after a long time – “Busy with work and stuff”… I understood. Young people tote a …

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