poem

Cog against the machine

you spend what you make to make what you spend, and you do it today to do it all over again
7 July 2023

for my weeping mother

her heart was a two seater unfit for a family so big i grew to be a woman mirrored in her shadow when she was younger
7 July 2023

Love will live

Or will you bloom into a new life with me? 
6 July 2023

Memory

Memory is a winding range Of coniferous mountain pine Catching the fiery light
23 June 2023

Dark, blue night

Like wild leopard's skin, I spread out my hair The dark night uncurls with his roaring fleet; I pounce on his chest, bare foot, like Kali–
23 June 2023

On rainy days and reading

The fact of the matter was this: the poem had been written, the call had been answered, and as lofty as it sounds—at that moment there I was, as Frank O'Hara put aptly—"the center of all beauty! / writing these poems!/ Imagine!".
23 June 2023

Concrete sorrow

We grasp on and we hold tight.
22 June 2023

Baba

try my best to paint the place blue Pouring all the sorrow after you With no colour left in my palette, As though the canvas breathes its last
18 June 2023

Heathen 

Spirit breaks at home along with love mingled with innocence.
16 June 2023

Droplets of eternity

Dissipated, my thoughts wander finally taking refuge in sleep.
8 June 2023

I am found in fields

I am a god when I am asleep, I am found to be inside the shimmer of water as it fights against the brilliance of the screams that emanate from the sky
2 June 2023

PTSD

Martyrs and-slash-or heroes they call us Is it worth all the fuss? While they celebrate We ache to recuperate
2 June 2023

Upside Down world

The sun goes down every day when it’s meant to be
1 June 2023

How my admiration for Kazi Nazrul Islam evolved over the years

Kazi Nazrul Islam’s work remains just as relevant and beautiful 123 years after his birth.
25 May 2023

Embracing whole-ness

It's time to take care of ourselves, both mind and soul, To live a life that is complete and whole.
19 May 2023

Curtain call

The curtain rises, silence engulfs the theatre,
18 May 2023

You stand here again

You stand where you always have
18 May 2023

Blue clay

The blue model of clay vices that sits in a house of glass
18 May 2023

La Bandito

She impales the bodies of chickens she prepares for a feast— My mother holds taut the fat clinging to the meat, By the sleight of her hand, separates it, And hurls it into the bin by the kitchen sink.
15 May 2023

Marooned

A dream of me in a sea of green.
12 May 2023