Swagato Saha : Writing

The Ghost In The Machine

The Ghost In The Machine

A Poem by Swagato Saha


By the waver of lamps so these keys tire,The walls age 'nother day;Dim the screen deems my wake's expired -Mid numbness o' neuron's decay.In peaceful ..
A Winter's Walk

A Winter's Walk

A Poem by Swagato Saha


What warmth seek I in the scenes that swarm;Familiar as they've grown,By the stones, by blades, the barren arms-They bear no scent unknown...All tensi..
Caught In Itself

Caught In Itself

A Poem by Swagato Saha


O' words I was told are treasures to behold,Whence wise we wake to the blood that flows,In sour guts, in sore limbs - o' wonders we wreathe!No more'd ..
The Slippery Slopes

The Slippery Slopes

A Poem by Swagato Saha


Lifeless you heed their sprawling limbs and the wayward leers that be, Servile as thy leaves that wryly pale held to the wind’s mercy, And si..
Between Quanta

Between Quanta

A Poem by Swagato Saha


For long I’d seen thy silent glow whilst the years revolved, Aboard cars in transit swift or poised in high abode; Like the moon your crudene..
Death Drive

Death Drive

A Poem by Swagato Saha


On silent nights I hear them gasp round in circles still...Mucous ghosts that slip the eye to breach the window seal,Cheat the alcohol fumes perhaps, ..
Spare Verses

Spare Verses

A Poem by Swagato Saha


Must be the sky of a yesterday I see;Is it sane to ask a stranger the year? Be all the wrongs in time is but right in place,Know not whence I came, al..
When It Rains in Scandinavia

When It Rains in Scandinavia

A Poem by Swagato Saha


Dawn's on hold for another day as it rains; We can trust it's still the dark of night,And tiptoe to dreams 'way the clarity of ways,The many asleep an..
In Fear Of Twenty

In Fear Of Twenty

A Poem by Swagato Saha


O' nights on the flight I court thee once again, like I have my nascent years through,As monotone sighs of old bred breathless dread; breathless I now..
Musical Remains

Musical Remains

A Poem by Swagato Saha


Words on the flight do bear with me, why they slip like despair riddled days?Perhaps so long as I turn my pages, to negotiate the many twisted ways,Of..