http://poddarku.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Kushal Poddar en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:01:01 GMT 2010-01-01T07:01:01Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970898     Two winged smiles * Smile has two wings. It glides over the glade, wet. Now Mrs. Neighbor will come out. Fresh water will be sprinkled on her precious lawn, a patch, . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:51:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970898 Kushal Poddar 2010-01-01T00:51:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969404 Rain on a world of the third kind A healthy baby born in a power cut; three men hovering over it to retrieve; cold water clogs the paths. Whispers and screams float like . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:23:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969404 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-31T00:23:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967967   Letters, not for her (To Sunil's mother)   Postman brings three letters, none for her. Ten minutes of quiet waiting till she opens the door; her dog barks . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:23:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967967 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-30T01:23:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966321   Holiday rains on a reserve forest A winter rain passes; I pick up a deer with a broken glass curse cast under its feet. The rivulets of muddy blessings run as I coax, . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:01:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966321 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-29T01:01:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964993   a room with the changing hues Dry leaves, now golden, toss and turn on the midday’s tin roof. A confident pigeon plays with the neighborhood cat.   These . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:08:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964993 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-28T01:08:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963081   haiku I greased pan cherry days on the almanac   haiku II blue butterfly nose of the dog shrivels haiku III coughing mother a dry leaf roams . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:03:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963081 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-26T01:03:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962255 Greetings wayward The templates grow a wing; travels light with one or two lines. Catchy phrases. I fumble on a wrong phrase. Is it meant for me? Uncertainty descends. . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:50:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962255 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-25T00:50:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961071   Not belonging to one Noon belongs to no one; the shadows don’t wait; they rush, blend, mingle, finally evanesce.   Noon belongs to no one; no shadows. Brother . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:51:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961071 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-24T00:51:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959558   Sundays of a Monday man A Monday man has Sundays behind him too when he lights a candle; kneels; pray for nothing.   A cat saunters through the time lying down . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:13:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959558 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-23T01:13:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957847   The penumbra of a Monday The shadows’ montage on the Monday path; the shadows of cars, trees, people, rooftops; everything is on the move; even trees move from . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:04:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957847 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-22T01:04:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956166   The Gardener The gardener, with an indifferent field; with a fistful piquant seeds analyzes probability. A village, a company, an existence or existences depend . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:08:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956166 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-21T01:08:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955100 Fragile messages A desolate window ablaze with twenty red lights is all this home has.   Still path slips away; body gives away; you return to a forlorn Christmas. . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:58:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955100 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-20T00:58:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953881 (Both the poems are inspired by Dawn Kilby) Mystic radiations If thoughts have radiations, mass, weight, other physical traces, facts, evidences they would have pulled . . . Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:52:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953881 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-19T00:52:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952216 Columns I The white columns sweat the way I do though it is arid winter, weak sun. Sometimes we soak in salt and a sea wakes up on our palm. At any rate, the waves obliterate . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:54:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952216 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-18T00:54:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950739 cremation pier A white symbol, the river is reflected on those clouds. We watch a boat carrying our minds over to the other side as we bury our corpses. . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:55:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950739 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-17T00:55:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949012 A conversation with a historian, Richard You cannot argue with a man of history about past. Hence I brew a cup of coffee for him and engrave an arrow like the Sumerians’ . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:57:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949012 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-16T00:57:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947226   siren The siren comes out clear. It has passed through being nonexistent, muffled and distinct like blood stains. The siren, a voice of caution, the clear siren, comes . . . Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:53:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947226 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-15T00:53:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945532   Reality of a vacation It falls, dignifiedly sloth, deliberate; it falls while we listen to the stream, the tune.   The harmony embraces us; the rich hues of the . . . Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:59:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945532 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-14T00:59:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944432 Edge slips away Madly, sun grabs the edge of the roof. The edge slips away. Roofs after roofs doused in red, witness a death. Comes the dusk; the dusk comes . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:57:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944432 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-13T00:57:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977943301 A death in our family The wounds received, the wounds inflicted hardly matter. Ash is in the air. Rust of the season drops out, a leaf. River in the . . . Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:46:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977943301 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-12T00:46:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939858   Immortality of a carroty sky (To Richard Lynn LIvesay) This is the turn where we end. We leave the death buried. I look at you, bewildered with my immortality. What would you . . . Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:55:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939858 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-10T00:55:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937918   I, a thief Shades of a wrong lie on a still road. November clouds; the smoke of evening is a whisper you hears I scream, I have come across a famine, a flood and now . . . Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:56:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937918 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-09T00:56:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977936060   Abused The tiny feet of a squirrel on a tin roof; nothingness is a corrugated top.   You look up from there, a frightened life; a squirrel, not playful; in search . . . Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:59:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977936060 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-08T00:59:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977934085   Counter development Talks with an older relative pass through a still water. Time descends; soft, white, flakish. Soon the water will freeze.   Something small . . . Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:37:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977934085 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-07T01:37:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977932692 Life of a winter The spots of the sun on a cold stone. Winter has brought a squadron of lives; nomadic birds, famished villagers, tourists who touch the stone; history burns . . . Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:36:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977932692 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-06T01:36:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977931951   Both are dedicated to my brother, Robert Fraternity My brother is off to some seashore with cold water and warm sands. Warmer something may propose him to . . . Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:53:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977931951 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-05T10:53:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977928964 Value of those pretenses   Pretend you believe; the pretense is worth the same; their values alike.   Pretend you are watching the mountain, sun melting . . . Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:55:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977928964 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-03T14:55:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977926355   Surreal corridor “However”, says the naysayer; ‘however’ has always been his way to end a sentence which will fly like a mesmerized . . . Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:44:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977926355 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-02T01:44:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924659   Affair with a dead poet Vital blood of a fountain pen on the floor; dead muse from a century before flips, turns as the wind blows. Saliva dribbles down . . . Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:14:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924659 Kushal Poddar 2009-12-01T02:14:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977923543 relationship Hate soaks a piece of cloth in water with love she applies it on my head.   Twitches her mouth. She says that I have made her face these trying times . . . Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:13:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977923543 Kushal Poddar 2009-11-30T12:13:45Z