Anjana, Author at The Creative Exiles

Flawed

February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 Anjana 2214 Views 9 Comments failure, flawed, humane, imperfection, opportunity

Flawed… Flawed, will be the inevitable verdict if I am held before my own heart’s stringent council, always falling short

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Love’s Wilted Rose

February 12, 2018February 23, 2018 Anjana 3292 Views 6 Comments ache, blossom, heart, love, Rose, vacuum, wilted rose

Love’s wilted rose Love’s Wilted Rose… How precious was the beguiling rose bud that once bloomed in our love’s enchanted

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A Note of Your Flute

February 9, 2018February 23, 2018 Anjana 1944 Views 14 Comments agony, krishna, love, Mirabai, poem, separation, verses, waves

( Inspired by the love and devotion of princess Mirabai to Lord Krishna) A NOTE OF YOUR FLUTE…. A vicious

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A Temple Pond

February 8, 2018February 8, 2018 Anjana 2333 Views 6 Comments banyan tree, enlightenment, pond, sacred, solace, temple, wisdom

A TEMPLE POND… A long flight of cracked stone steps partly covered with a thin layer of moss, leads to

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The Old Vegetable Seller

February 6, 2018February 10, 2018 Anjana 3091 Views 8 Comments determination, faded clothes, old lady, survival, tribute, vegetable seller, village, woman

THE OLD VEGETABLE SELLER.. Nowadays, she is a rarely seen village sight this old lady who sells vegetables door

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For You Dear Daughter….

February 4, 2018February 5, 2018 Anjana 2087 Views 12 Comments birthday, Daughter, heart, innocence, love, mother

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Love’s Mystic Tapestry

February 2, 2018February 23, 2018 Anjana 1799 Views 8 Comments dream, imagination, love, mystic, passion, perfection, realities, tapestry, truth

LOVE’S MYSTIC TAPESTRY… As silky seconds sublimely ooze out through the pores of night’s mystic branches, silvery moonbeams gliding

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Sweetness of Melancholy

January 31, 2018February 18, 2018 Anjana 2343 Views 10 Comments agony, devotion, heart, krishna, love, separation, soul

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A Morning’s Sweet Bliss

January 30, 2018January 31, 2018 Anjana 1551 Views 8 Comments birds, blooms, DEWDROPS, gift, Golden, morning, sunlight, wind

(Fond memories of the beauty of early mornings back home in India) A MORNING’S SWEET BLISS… The first streak

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Would You Care To Remember?

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 Anjana 1684 Views 4 Comments brotherhood, care, combat, conscience, hatred, love, remember

WOULD YOU CARE TO REMEMBER??? For once, would you care to remember our lives in the more

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My String of Words

January 27, 2018February 18, 2018 Anjana 2349 Views 4 Comments emerald waters, flowing rivers, red rose, string of, touching hearts, words

MY STRING OF WORDS…. Through the vivifying eyes of imagination I see, words floating royally on red rose

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Abandoned

January 26, 2018January 27, 2018 Anjana 1735 Views 6 Comments

ABANDONED AT OLD AGE….. A dimly lit sterile room amply doused with a powerful disinfectant, a dingy bed and

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A Lullaby For My Daughter

January 24, 2018January 27, 2018 Anjana 2504 Views 10 Comments Daughter, love, lullaby, night, sleep

A Lullaby For My Daughter A LULLABY FOR MY DAUGHTER……. The sun has retired to his far away abode

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A Poetic View of New York City…

January 22, 2018January 22, 2018 Anjana 1772 Views 8 Comments buildings, new york city, people, skyscrapers

A POETIC VIEW OF NEW YORK CITY……. The first glimpse is a surreal treat for the eyes

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From the Pages of my Scrapbook…

January 19, 2018February 23, 2018 Anjana 1801 Views 6 Comments classroom, friends, memories, rainbow, ribbons, scrapbook, swing, uniform

FROM THE PAGES OF MY SCRAPBOOK……. In a neglected, dusty corner of my mind an old scrapbook lies among

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A Melody Of Love…..

January 17, 2018January 23, 2018 Anjana 3125 Views 8 Comments compassion, emotions, forgiveness, love, night, passion

A MELODY OF LOVE…… Beguiling, the mystic beauty of this night her youthful frame interlaced with stillness, with the

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Metamorphosis…A Change from Caterpillars to Butterflies…

January 15, 2018January 16, 2018 Anjana 3269 Views 4 Comments laughter, metamorphosis, school kids

Metamorphosis….a change from caterpillars to butterflies…. Metamorphosis It was a Friday afternoon and we were planning on visiting some

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A Poet and his Quill

January 14, 2018January 23, 2018 Anjana 2150 Views 7 Comments

A Poet and his Quill Alone, he resides in a temple of words far away from this nonchalant world,

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Monsoon Rains

January 12, 2018January 23, 2018 Anjana 3368 Views 8 Comments clouds, darkness, hope, lightning, raindrops, thunder

Memories of the first monsoon rain….. A distant growl of thunder is the unmistakable prelude followed by a few

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Searching For Your Abode…

January 10, 2018January 23, 2018 Anjana 1878 Views 8 Comments

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You, me and the paddy fields

January 8, 2018January 23, 2018 Anjana 6954 Views 8 Comments evening, love, paddy fields, trust, unwavering

You, me and the paddy fields… YOU, ME AND THE PADDY FIELDS Hold my hand and let us

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A winter morning

January 6, 2018January 23, 2018 Anjana 3865 Views 10 Comments melancholy, morning, serene, sleep, winter

A winter morning … A winter morning The morning sunbeams half mindedly peek through a looming lattice of gray

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Midnight Rains

January 14, 2017January 4, 2024 Anjana 1234 Views 18 Comments imaginary, memories, raindrops, realities, sun

Midnight Rains How they always come so entwined your memories and these midnight rains, the silvery threads that once fondled

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