Butterfly

on grass, on little palm, between cycle-spokes
fluff! fluff! fluff! fluff! fluff! fluff! flies the butterfly
good morning!

Crawl

Crawl - silent, surreptitious crawl,
On the calf, underneath the jeans.
Thack! out drops a little frog.

Craving

kiss and tell,
only a kiss can tell
reach out tenderness!

Meetings

Issues, problems

Meetings!

Bigger issues, bigger problems

- Arti, Mumbai

Stay

Music, longing, noise, silence dies down... but the sounds stay
Pain, sweat, tears, dreams dry down... but the taste stays
Running, escapes, caress, boundaries tear down but the touch stays

- Kaurwakee, Bombay, India

love

disscussions, arguments, altercations,
i, you, they, why, go, stay
love matters the most in life

Office

Chatting, Coding, Mailing -
Tik Tik Tik Tik Tik...
Typing all the way.

- Arti, Mumbai

Self Uncontrol

self uncontrol, a storm in the mind
forced, fearful, frail thoughts
silence at 1561, park street

- Vivek, 27, New Delhi

Window

sitting, typing, cramped beside the window -
cluck cluckcluck cluck cluck cluck! thack!
whiff of cool air brushes my cheek...

Hope

Damp hopes and a memory -
three kisses and a ride -
Ting tong! the doorbell rings.

Runner

Sweating and heaving running along,
Dry leaves crushing, making noises strong...
Crrrech.. Craaaw Creeech Craaaw..

Refuge

heavy heavy sky, downcast,
ghrrrring ghrrrrrrrrrrrringh were sedans, trucks, buses.
glimpsed her feet - fair, laced, svelte

Crow

Cawe! Cawe! Cawe! on the window grill...
Heavy drops touch solid earth.
Drenched gurgling memories...

Frog

auto-rickshaws run stutter tutter... putter tutter.
black waters -
Croak... croakcroak, croakcroak...

Sparrow

Clank clank! tak tak tak... peepeep... peep! Claaaaaaank!
Amidst concrete and metal;
twittetwitter... twitter...