By Amrita Valan Eyes blazing she gazed Into where land met sea A singular frame purposive poised Solitaire upon the Forlorn jetty Hair whiplashed by wanton wind She seemed to me Wayward vagabond yearnings Set eternally free.
Never Meant to Be And Tears at Aphelion
By Amrita Valan Never Meant to Be The sands of too many lifetimes intervene one can no longer retrace footsteps to the fatal turning point that separates those meant to be each other's courage, comfort Holiest dreams. Each other's fire and desire the wheel remorseless turns The relentless gyre rearranges forces In shapes dire. Now … Continue reading Never Meant to Be And Tears at Aphelion
The Rollcall: A Dynastic Saga in Five Parts
By Amrita Valan I. The Beginning / Choddopurush Recalling names of forefathers Time travelling fourteen generations A rollcall of honors Bestowed by birth. For each prior generation Genetic heritage halved, Then quartered. Spliced again, till Beyond the fourteenth, The inheritance dwindles Below decimal percentage. This proves our common pool Of humanity shares One common genome. … Continue reading The Rollcall: A Dynastic Saga in Five Parts
How to Make Happiness
By Amrita Valan Can you tell me? How to be bouncy old-fashioned Resilient? And so happy? Somewhere inside The springs got broken And now I fall so flat So very flat inside A cardboard cut out. Walking around Like the shadow of myself On bare non reflective walls. Tinkering with well being I polish the … Continue reading How to Make Happiness
Faith, a Name for Hope and Other Poems
By Amrita Valan Faith, a Name for Hope We all worship differently At the altar of God Heaven allures Earthy blue green beauty A labour of love Needs to satiate a Wanderlust An Eden, El Paradiso Swarga dham A better place to go Across the bridge Spanning Time And eternity We long for reassurance Searching … Continue reading Faith, a Name for Hope and Other Poems
I Wonder and Bread on Water
By Amrita Valan I Wonder If I had been a flower And you had picked the hue I wonder, if you'd let me be The brightest shade of blue? If I had been your hummingbird And you my song did choose I wonder, would you have picked a song That crooned my deepest blues? If … Continue reading I Wonder and Bread on Water
Crooked Grin and Other Poems
By Amrita Valan Crooked Grin The crooked moon flashes me a sidereal grin And ducks under cloud cover. Hinting all and sundry Leaving a trail of nothing. Every star in the sky chortles in silence Diamantine derision. Who trusts a wanton one-sided luminary? Who never reveals his dark side? I wrap my silver stole with … Continue reading Crooked Grin and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 