Monday, October 25th, 2004
This is a sequel to my short story Meeting Mira. If you haven’t read that yet: start here. Else: Read On!
“It might rain today” I said to myself as I parked the car. The clouds had turned gray and had vanquished the sun for the day. “Vishnu, are you back?” inquired mom. She was in the backyard busy re-arranging the pots. She sure loved gardening like Amma did but there was something different in how mom did the job. She was more worried about how people would look at it, a perfectionist unlike me and dad.
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2004
It took long but it’s finally here. Dreams - Selected Poems by Shalin Jain my first book is out! (genre: poetry)
The book is priced at $12.95 and can be ordered online.
Few poems featured in this book can be read here and table of contents is provided at the end of this post.
CRY
I have been watching
the pouring rain,
the soil is damped
like my eyes,
like my disfigured thoughts,
like my fragile dreams,
I held a muted moment
of the night
in my arms,
sobbed endlessly,
like a kid
crying for his lost kite.
Rain
Come,
lets walk in this rain
lets get drenched
lets hear what every drop has got to say
lets hold hands, forever.
Come,
lets make love
In this rain again
Come,
lets make rain
With this love again.
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