There twirl toddlers
in party
frocks
Balloons,
festoons,
pastel icing
Helixes
swirl,
Modern-day
jukeboxes
Create
waves,
Occupy the
air
Mosquitos
hum
Blithe,
light marshmallows
Mini
dervishes,
atomic energy
Flouncy,
cloud-like, intangible
Ekphrastics
be fantastic
-Do we
cater to accessibility?
Tactile,
audible,
Braille-book
tracks
-Read the
confetti
By V.
Shruti Devi
Ode to Technology
(in a diamante)
Tech
I hear thee
And we are
enmeshed
Philosophers refined, and technologists
Geniuses,
corporate czars, with propellants
Of various
promptings
Temperance
No climate
fanatics here
-add it to
the mix
Waves go
chasing solutions….
By V.
Shruti Devi
AUM
CHANTING (written in the style of a Pantoum)
I chanted,
I painted, the Mantra divine
Began with aum
bhoo, all that is
Micro,
macro, elemental spine
Things as
they are before they fizz
Began with
aum bhoo, all that is
Then
intoned aum bhuvah, interactions of matter
Things as
they are before they fizz
Turn to
blendings, mergers, imbroglios that splatter
Then
intonated aum bhuvah, interactions of matter
Before
raising the level to aum swaha, the interplay with one
Turn to
blendings, mergers, imbroglios that splatter
Mooladhara,
Swadisthtana crossed, now the Solar Plexus to stun
Before
raising the level to aum swaha, the interplay with one
Sounds purify nerves: electric, magnetic, there’s more
Mooladhara,
Swadisthtana crossed, now the Solar Plexus to stun
Stunned, rarefied, climb to aum mahaha, the heart, the annahata’s lore
Sounds
purify nerves: electric, magnetic, there’s more
Aum janaha, the throat chakra, Vishuddha, blue
Stunned,
rarefied, climb to aum mahaha, the heart, the annahata’s lore
Surmount
it, and the voice-box will speak true
Aum janaha,
the throat chakra, Vishuddha, blue
Paint
splashes to canvas, synchronous creator
Surmount
it, and the vice-box will speak true
Once it
has, you’re aum tapaha, ajna meditator
Paint
splashes to canvas, synchronous creator
Aum satyam,
truth, with starscapes you may now be in synch
Once it
has, you’re aum tapaha, ajna meditator
You’ve
painted a graph, you’re whatever you think.
By V.
Shruti Devi
Larkspurs
layered and swayed in the lull
Oriole, a golden oriole, and on a mag with the legend,
Friend Request, an Owl
Delhi
deewane, O, in Lutyens’ zone we did dwell
Irises,
iconic flora, avians intel
Eagles,
enigmas (invisible stars), the odd egret, euphorbias
Spinach,
starfish, aquarium-creatures, sparrows, squirrels,
Tall trees, termites, clipped grass, hollyhocks, phlox, peacocks
trending
Aloe vera,
araucaria, asparagus, astounding aura, never-ending
Tip-toeing
feline, bees in a beeline, tomatoes and tea-time
Endgame:
Eureka! Bird-baths, grains, -the mains! Earth Empire
By V.
Shruti Devi
