I would nurture the feeble dreams Allow life to breathe some consciousness Souls would not blossom For lack of profundity in daily rigours Only shadows, weakening life Life gasping for air- some fresh air Communications- the art of misdirection Eloquent, but can rarely be trusted In an echo chamber of arrogance Pandering to deceitful ideologies Truth, we want truth- echoes everywhere Lack of it, or … Continue reading Looking for Something
Sullen retreat from the celebrations A spectre of impending reality Dreamers are aware Of sudden changes in feelings Drunken revelry over widening chasms It feels so mundane to remain quiet Away from crowded opinions Shattered languages Half-hearted communications A kind of distress everywhere Irregular sighs and complaints Lonely contemplations are rare Hounded by intemperate thoughts Whirlwind adventures Excesses of impulsive decisions ~Amitav Continue reading Sudden Retreat
It is not always that one has to stand near the window to keep an eye on the world Even when barely open, the world just rushes in with scattered voices of stresses The dialogues may only be partially translated, but the sentiments seem to create a stir The window has to adjust its opening and allow the other half of the dialogues to let … Continue reading Through The Window
Breathe, without qualms about unpredictability Transient moments flow through eternity Only dreams, without the distraction of languages Settling around Empyrean valleys ~Amitav Continue reading Settle
Fables are real compared to the reality that births them Who can focus on life and probe its nature so patiently? Life’s truancy becomes unbearable even to the misbehaved boy How much muck can those hands gather? Deface and defame the facade of life with vulgar graffiti Unclean thoughts desecrate the mind at odd hours Abuse finds its legitimacy in mainstream communication A foolish mask … Continue reading From Stories that Emerge
In 2016 I shared Practical Guide to Blog Commenting and the post has generated a lot of responses till now. While commenting on a blog we have a responsibility as a reader, follower, and blogger. Commenting is like starting a conversation, and it can either be a successful one or a failure. Here are a few more points to keep in mind while commenting on blogs- … Continue reading 8 Blog Commenting Mistakes to Avoid
The philosophy of poetry is much beyond the prosaic words. A poet is also a philosopher who meditates, rather than someone who corroborates the past narratives in a rich poetic manner. Understanding the philosophy of life that evolves every second is tough for consciousness. It is easy to get entangled in the words, but it takes philosophy to make poetry a great storytelling effort that … Continue reading Poetic Nature
This is a convoluted way to comprehend time When they are mangled deliberately; the concept of time being plural Of various ideologies and theories to make it exalted There is an urgency to define and squeeze them through a funnel Extracts without the real essence of time fill the pores of life Oozing with new sublimity, the convulsive images torment the senses We have woven … Continue reading Futile Time
If at all you run out of stories, do not distress over the missing words and feelings It is time to welcome the dreams which have been waiting outside your abode for a long time Knocking mildly, to let you know of their presence, but somehow you have missed them because of the haste Steal some sleep from the world that has been miserly with … Continue reading Gathering the Stories
