Poetry

  • Mad man in the mirror

    A mad man attacks a glassman and steals his mirror “Ha-ha, I’m a badass jazzman,” he tells the mirror Awed opera audience raved and razzed at his savage art The ragged jazzman was once a crown prince in no man’s land who used to smile, rile, and cry to melancholic chimes No man in that…

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  • The Golden Penny

    Lonely, for ten months only Rossy found a golden fairy Coldly, for it was snowy, she asked for a golden penny Flapping its large, scary wings, it says, “You don’t have heart for this!” “Who cares for a heart?” she says “Worry not for a cunning fox” ————————————- New, was the golden penny Rossy got…

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  • Black and Beautiful

    If you must lie to me, Maria, please try not to cry Smile like a child and wipe my tears like blind Bartimaeus Should you trip and fall off a cliff, spread your wings and fly Sing a sweet song and let the world hear your lullaby It’s okay to dance in the dark if…

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  • Pooja Nansi is better known as an angry Indian poet but it’s not wrath, in the real sense of it, that makes her thick. She’s the first ever Youth Poet Ambassador in Singapore. Do you wonder why? Pooja Nansi  (Image via Jacket 2) Nansi moved from Gujarat, India to Singapore with her parents before she…

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