Compensations
An evocative poem about various aspects and attributes of life, by Elsy, in Different Truths. Two-in-one, bane and boon: this hyper sensitivity! The bane is when even a...
Humming Grief
An intense poem that transcends from the pain of grief to a sense of grief, by Elsy, in Different Truths. She hummed with pride a stately grief hemmed into...
Churned in the Soul
An intense, inward looking poem by Elsy, in Different Truths. The ache that burnt into conscience grew into a blaze. It was doused, but then the soul went...
It is you
A poem by Elsy that celebrates the innocence of babies, in Different Truths. The tiny tot saw her snapshot at month three and cooed, ‘look, baby brother!’. Mom said,...
Did You Know Me?
A heart-wrenching poem of lost love, of a marriage failing after 22 years. The agony of separation has been poignantly portrayed by Elsy in this verse, for Different Truths. That...
Pearl Figures
Various things in our lives are given that we cannot escape. Embedded in this reality, Elsy creates a magic with a lotus wand to get the poet’s perals, in this...
Strength is My Weakness
In this love poem, Elsy talks about the paradoxes of life and her calling as a poet, in Different Truths. An evocative poem that would linger on. Strength is my...
Poor Iron Will
In this verse, Elsy takes an example of a little speck of iron that could not escape the attraction of a Big Magnet. Here’s an evocative love poem, in Different...
With Apology to Keats
Here’s a lyrical poem with a recall of Keats, in Different Truths. Elsy’s interpretation is interesting. There is many a slip between the cup and the lip, so the aphorism...
Energy Sapped
Elsy talks about the many struggles of women in this verse. An evocative poem exclusively for Different Truths. Hard work in the yard left her energy sapped. She lay drained,...