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• Five City Limericks

  

  There was a buxom lass of London who was perpetually undone - her plotting, it flopped - her buttons, they popped. She was undone in more ways than one. There... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Ubiquitous Bird’s Eye

  

  On my street, not a thing happens uncaptured in birds' eyes. Hawks sit on streetlamps or corners - swivel-cowled remote spies. And the crows lurk by the... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: On the Way to Chennagiri, Or: A Silly Line of Thought

  

  On the way to Chennagiri, I passed the military dairy farm, and wondered if they also grew blackberries and raspberries. Or, on the contrary, was it strictly a... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Moments Lost in the Monsoon

  

  In monsoon moments, all falls still - sounds of curb flow and gutter spill. A restful ease from the patter as raindrops fall, hit, and splatter. Of lost minutes... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Windless Waving of the Mind

  

  While walking down a verdant valley trail, I saw the fog that gathered 'round the town. And remembered an old, eerie folktale about a village settled in a... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Dark Attractor

  

  See that vine crawl toward the darkness? It's nyctophilic as a Rave-addled youth. "Maybe some genes got crossed - roots to leaves?" Maybe, but how is it... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: King of Infinite Space

  

  I have room to breath - my ribs can't catch the edge of this expanding universe, and, so, I suppose the cage is irrelevant. I can reach an arm as far as my... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Disappearing Act

  Some shake in fear that all will disappear - from bone to soul - that all will disappear. They hug it close, squeezing it so tightly as to thwart the time when... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Simulacra & Simulation by Jean Baudrillard

  Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon.in page This is a collection of 20-ish essays that share as a theme the idea that... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

  Amazon.in page This gothic vampire novella is about 25 years older than its more famous subgenre peer, Bram Stoker's "Dracula." Le Fanu's work is not only much... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Mirror World

  

  A mirrored world sprawls out beyond the glass. I sit in reflection - a reflection of a totem topped with an angry face - a face so fierce its eyes will fry... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Socrates

  

  Socrates shook people with pointed questions. How unloved one becomes trying to awaken those snuggly ensconced in dreams of delusion. Admitting one's ignorance... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Silhouette

  

  Star-spiked silhouette of feathered palm stamped against an orange evening sky. It's fireworks in reverse, but with a little hang time - but only a... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: What Lies Beyond?

  

  End of the wall - End of the world? Who can say what lies beyond one's line of sight? If you tell me, "Thar be Dragons!" in that sad, gray mist - I can't well... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: The Door of Nevermore

  

  This morning, walking, I saw a new door. I've walked that stretch a million times, or more, and that door has never been there before. You probably think they... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Dopeworld by Niko Vorobyov

  Dopeworld: Adventures in the Global Drug Trade by Niko Vorobyov My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in page This book ventures over broad territory while... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Chaos Wave

  

  waves crash upon the tetrapods geysers squirt random whack-a-mole guess the jet with no better odds than one over the sum on whole the chaos wave won't chase th... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

  Amazon.in page As with Shakespeare's "Cymbeline," the titular character isn't the play's main character - but is the most "bankable" name. The lead is Brutus,... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola

  Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in page This four-part story presents Hellboy's origin and then transitions... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: SFSX, Vol. 1: Protection by Tina Horn

  SFSX (Safe Sex), Vol. 1: Protection by Tina Horn My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in page This is "The Handmaid's Tale" meets "Ocean's Eleven." Well, admittedly,... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL