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• BOOK REVIEW: Empire of Ants by Susanne & Olaf Foitzik

  Empire of Ants: The Hidden World and Extraordinary Lives of Earth's Tiny Conquerors by Susanne Foitzik My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in page Out: May 6, 2021 I... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Doppelganger Oak

  

  A lonely oak sits on a grassy knoll. I know its shapely nature from my mind. I've seen it when I go to take a stroll, but could see it even if I were blind.... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Wounded Beasts and Where They Find You [Prose Poem]

  

  The bleeding beast crawls into the tall grass. It shakes those shafts of tall grass, but the erratic waggle is lost in the wind shimmy. The wounded creature... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Mustard Seeds

  

  She's chasing after mustard seeds from a household that's known no Death. With eyes that droop and feet that bleed, she's out of the village and into the... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Three Tanka on Impermanence

  

  I grass growing through the concrete cracks; roots spreading and loosening the stones - nature's transplant rejection II mossy roof, a cabin in the woods, natur... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Dig!

  

  Something wicked resides below - deep, but not underground. You'll not find it behind the drapes, or in the Lost Found. Like a geologist, just Dig! You'll fin... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Funeral Suit

  

  Worn one more time than the number of funerals you attend, that black suit hangs forgotten - yet dreaded. It hangs dusty in a closet, or musty in a bag; and... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Breath Taking by Michael J. Stephen

  Breath Taking: What Our Lungs Teach Us about Our Origins, Ourselves, and Our Future by Michael J. Stephen My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in page Out: January 19... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: That Catastrophic Crack [a Ghazal]

  A crack so thin that it could not be seen - cracked into the windshield of that machine A flaw that sits awaiting fatal fail - the crack that pops and groans,... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction by Christian W. McMillen

  Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction by Christian W. McMillen My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in page This book explores disease pandemics through the lens of... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Trivenī Sangama, Bhagamandala

  

  This Triveni Sangama is the confluence of the Kaveri (Cauvery,) the Kannike, and the Sujyothi Rivers. It is not the only Triveni Sangama. The most famous is... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: What the Hell Did I Just Read by David Wong

  What the Hell Did I Just Read by David Wong My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon.in page This is the third installment in a trilogy that began with " John Dies at... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Will 2021 Be the Year…

  

  One has to love the irrational exuberance of people who believe they've reached the finish line, the end of the worst possible 366-day period imaginable, as if... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Our 2020 in Travel: Strange, but Not Disappointing

  

  On January 1, 2020, we returned to Bangalore from Doha, Qatar - a long layover to thaw from Christmas 2019 in Budapest. Little did we know, this would be the... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: A Sinking Feeling

  

  lead boot sinking, looking up to halo'd light, a light that gets smaller dimmer as one plunges down through cold waters - deeper dimmer; dumber ... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Introducing Aesthetics: A Graphic Guide by Christopher Kul-Want

  Introducing Aesthetics: A Graphic Guide by Christopher Kul-Want My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon.in page This volume is one in a large series of books that provid... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Awaiting Winter [Sonnet]

  

  The winter skies are drifting slowly in, and soon the snow will begin to amass - the powder settling so scant and thin, accruing between blades of withered... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Chu, Vol. 1 by John Layman and Dan Boultwood

  Amazon.in page Out: January 26, 2021 The unique element of this book is its food-centric premise, and - in particular - the existence of food-based... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: King Edward III by William Shakespeare

  King Edward III by William Shakespeare My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in page This play, one of the histories attributed to Shakespeare, is among those that hav... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Infinite Ships

  

  The voyage, now, is at an end. The anchors have been cast. The fleet bobs silently offshore, looking boundlessly vast. For fog has settled on the bay and ship... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL