Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Apr 2024

[ Cities put their faith ]

Cities put their faith

in citizens, villages --

put their faith in god.

Novel "The Moor's Last Sigh" (1995, Salman Rushdie), chapter A house divided, (1-) 4

Collection "Low gear"

#religion #cities #villages #bharat #india

Zywa Apr 2024

[ The biggest taboo ]

The biggest taboo

is of course, ouch, your parents' --

sexuality.

Novel "The Moor's Last Sigh" (1995, Salman Rushdie), chapter A house divided, (1-) 7

Collection "Low gear"

#parents #taboo

Zywa Apr 2024

[ Family demands ]

Family demands

obedience, love isn't --

invulnerable.

Novel "The Moor's Last Sigh" (1995, Salman Rushdie), chapter A house divided, (1-) 7

Collection "Low gear"

#family #parents #inlove #love

Zywa Apr 2024

[ Waiving happiness ]

Waiving happiness

and suffering for the truth:

a better country.

Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru

Novel "The Moor's Last Sigh" (1995, Salman Rushdie), chapter A house divided, (1-) 3

Collection "Low gear"

#idealism #politics #nehry #gandhi

Zywa Apr 2024

[ I'm walking my dog ]

I'm walking my dog

in the sound of the silence --

with my earplugs in.

Novel "Fury" (2001, Salman Rushdie), chapter 7

Song "The sound of silence" (1964, Simon & Garfunkel)

Collection "Low gear"

#silence

Zywa Apr 2024

[ Corpses in the street ]

Corpses in the street

look like humans, but fake ones --

more like broken dolls.

Novel "Fury" (2001, Salman Rushdie), chapter 6

Collection "Low gear"

#death #corpses #lifeless

Zywa Apr 2024

[ Human babies are ]

Human babies are

infected from birth, with the --

story parasite.

Novel "Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights" (which is 1001 nights, 2015, Salman Rushdie), chapter 4 "The Strangenessses"

Collection "Low gear"

#stories