Swaroop Manikandan : Writing

let it drizzle

let it drizzle

A Poem by Swaroop Manikandan


the drizzlingis earnestly tryingto erase the darknessoff this wordful night.now you pleaselet the drizzling believe thatit's not only the sunthat can ..
a conversation on the last boat . . .

a conversation on the last boat . . .

A Poem by Swaroop Manikandan


'What if one missesthe last boat?',asked my friend.'You will be sentanother one',I repliedwhile waitingfor my fifth-last-boat.,..
present continuous...

present continuous...

A Poem by Swaroop Manikandan


the decent foreststarted growing intoa wild oneas youlooked upon...,..
foresting...

foresting...

A Poem by Swaroop Manikandan


a forest that waitsa path that flows inside ita journey that becomes omnipresenthere i amthere you areand in between us,the language...,..
shadowed cat

shadowed cat

A Poem by Swaroop Manikandan


alone is the catso is theshadow behind,..
a prologue . . .

a prologue . . .

A Poem by Swaroop Manikandan


Amidst all the gasping gapsand escaping sighs,we reached the peakwhere only one could stay.I then swayed my white flagand offered to jump off the peak..
yet another game...

yet another game...

A Poem by Swaroop Manikandan


We sat then to play the game of dice.You kept some of your sights as coins,forcing me to keep my sighs in response.As the dice rolled, the evening too..
Te 1

Te 1

A Poem by Swaroop Manikandan


We were all discussing seriouslyabout the impeccable call of lifeand our inability to receive the samewith our mobile phones.He pulled one of us out a..
seasons...

seasons...

A Poem by Swaroop Manikandan


Showing the withered flower that day,she told me'You should write a poem about it'.I just nodded.There were then more springsand many more autumnsthat..
...wings of the tree

...wings of the tree

A Poem by Swaroop Manikandan


Again the same bird was there on the treeTo render its sermon“You can’t perceive freedomYou are bound to the earthYour roots are your shac..