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