by Swetha Sadanand
You still think of me as pretty, don't you? No matter how hard I tried to shatter that glass of a heart I wonder if you still claim your favorite color to be blue Though I remember how you loved all things black Is that why you were drawn to my heart in the start... Continue Reading →
Oscar Wilde - A poet whose works I keep coming across while I scroll through my Instagram profile @so.by.ss and one that refuses to leave my mind without staying for a bit. Oscar Wilde has an interesting name and it is weird that none of my school English literature had any of his works. His... Continue Reading →
Anyone who has watched the movie ‘Interstellar’ would remember the scenes where Prof. Brand says ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ and as someone who is forever curious about the origins of beautiful phrases, in this case, poem, I found the creator – Dylan Thomas (the poem was written about the death of... Continue Reading →
On this world poetry day, here's a poem which I wrote back in 2017 - a very eventful year when I was overwhelmed by the feeling of home-sickness, newfound independence and a lot more. The number of poems I write is a huge amount even though I rarely post them here - I don't know... Continue Reading →
Reviving old poems The welcome mat placed right in front of my heart Was an open sign for you to walk right in You walked that walk,the one that made it hard to gather All the pieces of broken hearts around me Then you made yourself at home  And I decided to walk away from... Continue Reading →
For most of us, Margaret Atwood’s name is associated with the brilliant series ‘The Handmaid’s tale’. I did not know she was a poet, for me, she was just this brilliant writer who created a creepy but very realistic world that shot my blood pressure roof high. I’ve never really needed to take a break... Continue Reading →
I took a ‘which poet are you’ quiz once and was very sure that I would get Sylvia Plath as the result but apparently, I’m similar to Emily Dickinson. Even though she was in the list of poets I was going to write about in the About THE Poets series, this made me move her... Continue Reading →
T. S. Eliot is the second poet to be featured in this series who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Throughout my journey of discovering his poems, the most obvious thing I noticed was that he was a cat-lover and I almost shouted when I saw the below poem because I had forgotten that his... Continue Reading →
You are always curious about the writers your favorite writers are inspired by and in my case, Maya Angelou was that person. I first came to know about her because of her death which was mourned by my inspiration – Nicholas Sparks. And then slowly, I came to know about how powerful her words were... Continue Reading →
Reviving old poems- A writer is also an editor and I’ve decided that with this series, I will try to make my old poems better and have them in this space since it is better than letting all those emotions go to waste. A lot of editing (and hence brilliance) must not be expected because... Continue Reading →
Soul-ed Out 