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Drops of Dew

poetry, reflections

mythology

Posted on January 4, 2022January 9, 2022 by urmilamahajan

the sun does not rise without a symphony

Afternoon walks with Bella

Posted on December 16, 2021December 17, 2021 by urmilamahajan

Winter sunshine soaks Bella

Stray-cat pearls on the issue of relocation by humans

Posted on December 2, 2021December 10, 2021 by urmilamahajan

You contemplate betrayal

Milestones

Posted on November 22, 2021November 27, 2021 by urmilamahajan

Blue skies drop rain on past shores

Whatever happened to the little birds

Posted on November 15, 2021November 16, 2021 by urmilamahajan

…the fading thrum of nightjars

Replication

Posted on November 8, 2021 by urmilamahajan

Nudged by whispering winds

reimagine

Posted on November 4, 2021November 5, 2021 by urmilamahajan

if space and time reconsider

Percipience

Posted on October 26, 2021November 4, 2021 by urmilamahajan

In October, the blackboard trees flower for just a few weeks.

I am

Posted on October 21, 2021November 4, 2021 by urmilamahajan

I am a small halt in the wind

glass woman

Posted on October 20, 2021October 22, 2021 by urmilamahajan

she moulds flowers out of silk

Interlude

Posted on October 19, 2021October 20, 2021 by urmilamahajan

The air is lit with night’s perfume

Speak

Posted on October 14, 2021October 15, 2021 by urmilamahajan

…the wings of silence shroud injustice

A morning song

Posted on October 6, 2021October 7, 2021 by urmilamahajan

… a recurring promise of change

Spellbound

Posted on September 27, 2021 by urmilamahajan

Moist perfume smites before the sighting…

Sparrow

Posted on April 17, 2021April 17, 2021 by urmilamahajan

…leaving behind ripples of an intense tale

Epitaph – for a cat

Posted on August 21, 2020November 24, 2021 by urmilamahajan

A smudge on the horizon…

Visitors

Posted on June 23, 2020June 26, 2020 by urmilamahajan

…the nondescript window is festooned with fiery pomegranate blossom

Purple – a poem by Urmila Mahajan

Posted on November 24, 2019November 29, 2019 by urmilamahajan

‘Noiseless as autumn footfalls…’

Obituary – Shivpuri September 2019

Posted on November 5, 2019 by urmilamahajan

‘Far from it…’

Lull

Posted on November 1, 2019October 7, 2020 by urmilamahajan

‘A lull follows the monsoon’

What is not is (a poem by Urmila Mahajan)

Posted on October 27, 2019 by urmilamahajan

‘Silence skirts its own issue’

White Pomegranate (a poem by Urmila Mahajan)

Posted on October 21, 2019 by urmilamahajan

‘It takes a lot for such fruit to grow’

Remember – (a poem by Urmila Mahajan)

Posted on October 12, 2019August 13, 2020 by urmilamahajan

‘Memories crumpled like discarded bits of paper’

Speaking of War and Peace – a poem by Urmila Mahajan

Posted on October 3, 2019 by urmilamahajan

‘Let’s consider what war does’

Rain – a poem by Urmila Mahajan

Posted on September 26, 2019November 1, 2019 by urmilamahajan

‘I remember when rain unlocked earth to long promises’

Samosas and Oil – a poem by Urmila Mahajan

Posted on September 22, 2019 by urmilamahajan

‘the square tiled yard glistens in the shower of music from the living room piano’

Ease – a poem by Urmila Mahajan

Posted on September 19, 2019 by urmilamahajan

‘ideal for dreaming through a tv show’

Sketching Light – a poem by Urmila Mahajan

Posted on September 14, 2019September 14, 2019 by urmilamahajan

‘the hill leans into breezes spilling light from beyond the beyond’

One – a poem by Urmila Mahajan

Posted on September 8, 2019September 8, 2019 by urmilamahajan

‘Order regresses when we try to catalogue creation on our fingertips’

Listen – a poem by Urmila Mahajan

Posted on September 3, 2019September 21, 2019 by urmilamahajan

‘Listen for the hum of poetry’

Spaces – a poem by Urmila Mahajan

Posted on August 25, 2019August 27, 2019 by urmilamahajan

‘There is a narrow space between the rise and fall of a foot,’

Aurora – a poem by Urmila Mahajan on International Cat Day

Posted on August 8, 2019November 24, 2021 by urmilamahajan

‘Time occupies a crevice that night has burned and day has not yet filled’

Interlude – a poem by Urmila Mahajan

Posted on August 4, 2019October 7, 2020 by urmilamahajan

‘I’ll watch the rain swoop down and zigzag in the wind that imprints stories in her path’

Shift

Posted on July 28, 2019August 1, 2019 by urmilamahajan

‘Fearless flamingoes in pink tutus stand haphazardly’

City Bird Blues

Posted on July 24, 2019July 25, 2019 by urmilamahajan

‘Who drove the sparrows away?’

Sketch – Night Jasmine

Posted on July 20, 2019July 22, 2019 by urmilamahajan

‘The moon is a luminosity on cushioned clouds’

Black Velvet

Posted on July 9, 2019July 10, 2019 by urmilamahajan

‘Comforted by the serenity that only words render when nothing else remains’

Sunbird

Posted on July 3, 2019November 8, 2019 by urmilamahajan

‘I push through the balmy scent of soaked green earth to get closer’

Merge

Posted on June 11, 2019August 13, 2020 by urmilamahajan

‘It breathes quietly inside my head and I begin to merge.’

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