The Daily Reviewer

special talent

Mar 14, 2010 8:37am

your pregnant pauses-are your only special talentmine is to ignore...

wherever you movegoing this wayor thatthe murmur of my sorrowwill haunt youin your mirroryou will see only memy smiling facadeturned into its own shadowwill haunt youI was never thereI will never be thereyet I held a place for a while in your mind, whichwill haunt youconsider it a curse, or...

my arms around myself won't let me down

Mar 11, 2010 8:16am

I hug myselfshutting everything out-the pain is massivetearing into my guts-my arms around myselfhold me tightso as to I don't fall apart.I squeeze my eyes tight,tearless I staywhy did I ever think I could hold on to something which was never mine in the first place?that ache will be there...

if only you lived forever

Mar 3, 2010 6:06am

I relish that tea you made meeach sip filled with your loveas I watch the far away clouds,I listen to the imaginary rumble of rainstime spent with you is always sacredI cherish those moments again and againit amazes me each time I visit youyour memory is as sharp as everyour...

slumber: haiku-lets

Feb 27, 2010 8:15pm

deprived of sleepI slumber dreamily in the daywhen morbidity digsdigged morbidityturns around and runs awayheaven eludesheaven: misnomer;cloaking that invisibiltyof our ignorancean ignorant mindis delirious in itselfleave it well alonealoneness suits-mind turns towards bigger dreamsthriving within it~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I call those dancing verses, renamed haiku-let here. I have not done this for a...

leaves clinging to me like limpets

Feb 27, 2010 8:21am

brown dots of decay has started to showmy gnarled branches sway slowlyyou can see the cracks in meI can't hear the beatific soundsof wind. I think of how I chimedto its hmm. it only makes me sad;tears slowly fall from my eyes.music of the soil is holding me nowI like...

airing that fire

Feb 24, 2010 6:27am

before I feel you,I feel the tease of your breathon my neck-I close my eyessuck in my breath,at the soft touch of you on my shoulder.you understand my shyness-your movements are unhurried;your passion generates fire in mein that mist of desiremy meager protest disappearsI turn towards you eagerly...in the aftermath,you...

used envelope

Feb 23, 2010 8:08am

in that snatch of paperI list stuff my pens in various state of disintegrationI make arrows out of thosemy erasures falling apartwork as dicesmy pencils all so bluntI cut into small stacksthe paper I write on-is a part of used envelopeall supposedly wastedecidely play a part in my lifeI create...

night sounds

Feb 21, 2010 2:46am

fraught with such distraughtin darkness he touched her arm;said, dispel my insomnia...

I tidy up the spilled frosted sugar

Feb 17, 2010 8:08am

literally walking on eggshells,I scratch my nails on my palmpatter of your feet stops my panicmy ragged breath rights itselfI tidy up the spilled frosted sugarat times I can't fathomthe way fact occurs along with fictionred welts on my arms tell a tale of decaywhen you rub that salve to...

words broken into tiny pieces

Feb 13, 2010 5:10am

I build my words one over the othercarefully brick those incement the edges;look at my work from afarnote the unevened plainsI again break each portion in tiny bitsrearrange differentlymy own words give me strengthI mix it with pleasure add gold sheen to polishwatch it reflected in your seductive eyes"your...

a colouring book

Feb 10, 2010 4:28pm

in the cheap pages of her colouring book,she draws pictures,a ball of yarn, a balloona few scattered starsthe sun and the moonshe sketches her mother toothe face being blurredher dad holding both their handsher world is smallyet her yearning so bigthose colours smudge-demarcate tootrapping her within"that blank page at the...

yet another one for you, dad

Feb 10, 2010 7:11am

quite clearly I hear my fatherclimbing up the stairswith a inviting smileI open the door widein that expanse of landingI see empty nothingnessyet feel his righteous presencewhile my heart soarsmy lucid mind tells me otherwisehe has been gone for few years nowand can not be salvagedI close the doorlean against...

cryptic messages

Feb 6, 2010 7:02pm

cryptic messagesI find in my inboxturn those aroundheightened sensationsdo me in, night soundspale in comparisonslowly my toes curl,thoughts unfurl, I give myself to imagination"all this from mere words, turning a phrase here and there"...

waking in to dreams

Feb 6, 2010 6:24pm

melting luscious lips,soft as rose petalsmoist, glowingsensually invitingthough asleep, shemade him fall in love.he swayed, ready towake her up with a kiss.with breath held upshe waited for his lipsto merge with hers,so as to she couldsimulate to be woken up.a prince who lovedher to eternity and backfor what she was.she...

odor of memories make me lurch towards you, my friend

Feb 4, 2010 9:04am

after almost three decadesyou have drifted awayyou didn't look backmy cards sent back unopenedemails discardedwhen I see you onlineand connect with youyou turn awayswitch off mentally from memy thoughts franticI still try to be in touch"odor of memories make me lurch towards you, you, a friend I made in my...

fantasizing about glass

Jan 31, 2010 9:46am

that glass of water-water swirls of it suddenlyuncannily I see you ...

sensors work overtime

Jan 30, 2010 9:32pm

so difficult to fathom for mostyet so easy for methat instant rapportwithout reproachgoing on a straightlineI stop. bending over the curveI touch that milestone.my sensors worked towards itI turned towards youand intend to stay cosseted...

beacon burns bright

Jan 27, 2010 9:00am

I slowly roll grievetouch it for a momentand throw it as far as I canI unroll my heartletting you into itbeacon of it burns brighta kindred, I foundin nothingness that was-and firmly established it in me"I await with impatience for it to wash me over, again and yet again"...

photographic peace

Jan 23, 2010 9:14pm

photo in the room I can almost feel you there- peace shatters in me...

the inevitability of yes

Jan 23, 2010 8:42pm

fog lifts from withinI see with clarityof my future ahead.with no plansit suddenly materialisedout of nothing.you made it happenyou will make it happen-the likes of which I never envisaged.I give in to youand you give in to meinevitability is just accepted."that yes, you simply picked up from me;sunny days, I...

sleeping dreams

Jan 20, 2010 8:27pm

so you sleep so peacefullyuncaring that I watch youthose eye lids moving alongwith your tremulous dreamsyour nose flaring a bitthe rise and fall of your chestI subtly put my ears to itpicking up your heart beatI sway to the rhythm of itI steady myself and my palms slide over youyour...

tattoos, race car, mobile oil and book

Jan 20, 2010 5:17am

he, in that oil-stained overallworks around his racing carwith single-minded passion that defies everythingshe sits in the shade with a book-reading with absorptionwhen heat gets to himthe overall is offsweat trickles downhighlighting his tattoosshe steals a glance-watches the play of muscleshe feels it too-measures that intensitythrough his own flared feelingteeters...

Clover, Bee and Reverie: A Poetry Challenge

Jan 18, 2010 9:19am

For all those who read poetry, this is a good challenge to read poetry. There are four levels and you can join any. Check out, Clover, Bee and Reverie: A Poetry Challenge, for more info and do join in. The challenge will go through 12/31/2010.Here are the four levels...