An Autumnal Toon

By V. Shruti Devi (quill-o-the-wisp) 13th Dec., 2021

An Autumnal Toon

a cherry-picking we will go, a strawberry-rolling we will go!

we'll click and we'll crick

our necks

to the farthest visible shore

a peach, a speech,

a nuclear boat....

vote for me, vote for me!

from now till eternitea!

a rare quote,

a spur

a momentary

cur

(pavlovian)

Beyond Neemrana Fort

By V. Shruti Devi (quill-o-the-wisp)

Beyond Neemrana Fort

[A poem by V.Shruti Devi written first on Facebook on 4th December, 2021...written while at Gurugram, near Manesar, in memory of a hacked Neem tree she had planted at Fort Kurupam, Andhra, over a decade ago]

The roots

of a Neem tree

run deep

Grip the foundations

of the earth

Medicinal

Compound

ER

fort-like

hacked into

Spinoffs

Covid shots

Closure

Phoenix rises

Ad Altiora Nitimur at 2021 NYLA's annual event

By V. Shruti Devi (quill-o-the-wisp)

Greetings!

As readers of this blog might recall, I had published some of my poetry (many drawn from this creative blog I've been writing for years), as a printed book in 2019.

The special feature of the book is that I, as the poet, have written detailed end-notes, and a poet's preface to the work.

The book is available online, and is currently on display at the 2021 New York Library Association's annual exhibition.

Here's the link:

Ad Altiora Nitimur by V. Shruti Devi

I look forward to discussing the book at various fora!

Cheers,

Shruti

Eng-Telugu Brew

By V. Shruti Devi (quill-o-the-wisp)

Eng-Telugu Brew

A poem by V. Shruti Devi, 21st April, 2021 (First on Facebook)

what ails the andhra legislature?

a lack of INC-presence

next time, hastam

adhikaarikey wostam

dr. sake sailajanath

sheikh mastan valli

tulasi reddy garu

plus eleven VPs, all DCCs

zoom-work, homework

guiding lights

yeoman's service

corona-fights

basil brews and fitness fads

strengthens the guts

allum adds

to the coalition

The Golden Parade of the Pharaohs

By V. Shruti Devi (quill-o-the-wisp)

The Golden Parade of the Pharaohs

Enthralled, wonderstruck

Surreal

Across eras, across time, space

As riverborne dried fish

variously paraded

Glittering nocturnal

swished back

and henceforth

On the cliff of a new era

Beasts of benevolence

Humans must

Or the Passionate will.

A poem by V. Shruti Devi

20th April, 2021

Another Poem, Another Rhyme

By V. Shruti Devi (quill-o-the-wisp)

Another Poem, Another Rhyme

(By V. Shruti Devi, 19th April, 2021, keyed into Facebook earlier the same day)

some sort of

dining table

will be got

once the stinking initial matter

of the changing of the false ceiling

is sorted.

just like

one part of addressing another issue

is

to at least

Fire

an accused

within your area of influence

rule of law doesn't mean running to the cops or courts all the time

and that does not imply extra-judicial acts either.

On Notice, however,

as far as the consideration of Supreme Legal steps go

as well as 'underdog'-centric labour reform

in the realm of unorganized labour

and rights of employer-inmates

aaah! Rooo! SHE (the people)

Composed on Facebook

By V. Shruti Devi (quill-o-the-wisp)

Composed on Facebook

(A poem by V. Shruti Devi, 18th April, 2021)

weird-angle solutions

translations

of khaas (cough ; special)

and we haven't yet got to

mispronounced

all this

from my fleeting thoughts

on fragments from the philosophy

of mathematics

then there's gaaro-khaasi-jayantia

the hills and surrounding circuses

look-alikes, talk-alikes, proxies, would've beens,

                                                    could've beens

defenders of the faith

of the goodness of humans, that's known

and beyond, it's probably about

defending the hypnosis

that concretizes

a reality

vaccines

hex-in

psychosomatic

antidote

a phantom cigarette's

a good-enough smoke!

V. Shruti Devi

18th April, 2021

Earth

WELL-REHEARSED: A HAIKU BY SHRU

By V. Shruti Devi (quill-o-the-wisp)

Cougheth you, Corfu?

Blaze of glory, that's my story

Khaas log, Indralok

Purple Reign (an illustrated poem by V. Shruti Devi)

By V. Shruti Devi (quill-o-the-wisp)

Purple Reign

Hitched knots

Macrame curtains

Mah crummy

reign

Purple

Dips

and reefs

Plumes

of the unpublished

Make it

to ink.

V. Shruti Devi

15th April, 2021, Gurugram, NCR India

Published on Facebook, and soon after, on this blog.

Watch this space for references and footnotes uploaded as and when ideas come to mind!

A Leaf Out Of The Rashtra Panchang

By V. Shruti Devi (quill-o-the-wisp)

"A Leaf Out Of The Rashtra Panchang"

a stelluim reigns in aquarius

Pallas meteor

Enter Social Media

gather forces, electric

Solar toons

Cartoons

Ascendant, resplendent, zirconian knight

human-made, synthetic, we will fight!

A poem by V. Shruti Devi, 8th Feb., 2021, first keyed into Facebook

Rambo

By V. Shruti Devi (quill-o-the-wisp)

Only a bemused curl

In response

To barrages

Of turn-of-phrase

Correctors

and other total malpaprops.

A Read, a read, a reed, even

Calling Upon.

(excuse me, the clarion-thought didn't even occur, so we take it upon ourselves to tweak excelsior)

Really, this ought to be an annotated end-note,

guv'nor

Explainer

By V. Shruti Devi (quill-o-the-wisp)

contextual use

or

just a slip

or perhaps 

hacking, phishing

-the drift-

rewind, unwind

banal, anal

who renounces

who denounces

say what, say whee

say aye

such the context

so the clip

(18th January, 2021...keyed into this site for this blog right now, IST).