Shalini R : Writing

Love Is Work

Love Is Work

A Poem by Shalini R


Forever’s too long to spend with you To ride on clouds and sail unknown eternities Sing with harps and white linen togas. Togas won’t s..
Murder

Murder

A Poem by Shalini R


1 A memory, a myth A mystery mistook For momentary madness. 2 Behind closed doors and Blind walls Bizarre undertakings are Boasted among ..
Nature Haiku

Nature Haiku

A Poem by Shalini R


Those poor crack babies Never knew what hit them. On- ly how to take hits.
Narcissist Hidden In a Paradelle

Narcissist Hidden In a Paradelle

A Poem by Shalini R


Learn the light of her face. Learn the light of her face. Know there is no façade. Know there is no façade. Know no light of the fa&..
Smoke

Smoke

A Poem by Shalini R


If I were smoke I’d be your smoke From your fireplace I’d be that part of your family Thriving in your living room (who would’ve..
Tinkerbelle

Tinkerbelle

A Poem by Shalini R


My dog likes to sit in Sun-puddles And splash around in the light. She curls up in slivers of Wrinkled sun coming through the door Squinting into..
Another Poem About the Heart: Stolen

Another Poem About the Heart: Stolen

A Poem by Shalini R


When the glass shatters, and You are left with the broken shards and Outside the world keeps spinning On its axis And no one heard the glass screa..
A Lost Cause: A Paradelle

A Lost Cause: A Paradelle

A Poem by Shalini R


Traces of lost beauty under woven waves. Traces of lost beauty under woven waves. Silver covers hands worn by the world. Silver covers hands worn b..
The Notebook

The Notebook

A Poem by Shalini R


Her ring shimmers in The slivered light as she strokes Another man’s hair.
Marble

Marble

A Poem by Shalini R


A thousand pieces It shattered into. He let it slide from his fingertips. Its descent was a ballet The form and position were flawless. Such bea..