From Quiver (Translated from Urdu) “If dreams are ready for the harvest, know The time of pain has come. Prepare to sow. This life is a strange business when I see That gain and loss are all the same to me. Someone is shattered with grief, still smiles with joy. Just like the face uponContinue reading “Poetry by Javed Akhtar: Ghazal”
Category Archives: Poetry
October 2022 Favorites
[Kate Moss and Johnny Depp via Pinterest] Elon Musk tweeted, “The bird is freed.” Is it really? The Twitter deal is complete. (Insert Honey Badger laughter here– if you know, you know). The month felt like it went by fast. The nights are longer and darker. Winter is at our doorstep. This month was moreContinue reading “October 2022 Favorites”
A String of Words
“And, when I crossed the wild, I chanced to see, at break of day, The solitary child.” Lucy Gray, or Solitude By: Gabriela Yareliz I was reading through my Winter anthology, edited by Melissa Harrison. This morning, my eyes fell on a passage (quoted above). As I was reading, I knew the words felt soContinue reading “A String of Words”
“Song of Myself”
“I am large, I contain multitudes.” Walt Whitman
How to Have a Charmed Spring
By: Gabriela Yareliz I loved Gigi Chomiak‘s 100 Ways to Romance Life email newsletter (sent February 11). It got my mind wandering and thinking about the things that I feel make (or could make) spring magical. Spring is my favorite season, so I figured it would be fun to make a little list of howContinue reading “How to Have a Charmed Spring”
Rompiendo Silencio [Breaking Silence]
En el cansancio me encuentro. Cada transición acompañada de silencio. La carretera está abierta y es larga. Se que emprenderé camino, mirando el sol y las estrellas que van marcando la ruta. Este camino no es para los cobardes ni los que temen exponerse. Se trata de quitarse los zapatos, la camisa y todas lasContinue reading “Rompiendo Silencio [Breaking Silence]”
Words from Benjamin Hoff
“In other words, everything has its own place and function. That applies to people, although many don’t seem to realize it, stuck as they are in the wrong job, the wrong marriage, or the wrong house. When you know and respect your Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don’tContinue reading “Words from Benjamin Hoff”
Taj
“A good relationship is like the Taj Mahal; everybody simply wonders [at] how beautiful it is, but nobody understands how difficult it was to build.” Tania Mehra (edited for clarity) [Image from Pinterest @mylittlejourney]
Reflections Before Bedtime #90
By: Gabriela Yareliz We walked from the West Side to the East. We walked through that Central Park tunnel; you held the umbrella and all the bags. You shielded me from the chilled showers. A bus came, and we were almost bathed by the NYC puddle filth. When we saw the bus; the water; theContinue reading “Reflections Before Bedtime #90”
Reflections Before Bedtime #88
By: Gabriela Yareliz summer We will be the ones to run around in warm summer rain, until we are soaked and our chests are heaving from so much laughter. Our hair, stuck like wet yarn, on our faces and skin. Raindrops will run in paths paved by tears long ago. Sweet heat; and sweet healing.Continue reading “Reflections Before Bedtime #88”
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