Maya / The Backwaters
Here are two poems of Lily. The first one Maya is a tongue-in- cheek view of the various illusions of life. Her second poem, The Backwaters, transports us to beauteous Kerala....
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May 15, 2016
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Lily Swarn
Fleeing from Fears?
An evocative poem by Lily. She talks of fears here. Fears perched like petrified flies on a jaggery heap Fears like the whirlpool In a muddy monsoon puddle Choking...
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May 8, 2016
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Lily Swarn
Mothers and Beloveds
Lily talks of the real, flesh-and- blood mother, not the flat, cardboard-like sentimental mother, depicted in films and songs. We fight the most with our mothers because we love her...
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May 7, 2016
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Lily Swarn
Oceanic Eyes
Lily’s tribute to her mother on Mother’s Day. She talks of her sea-green oceanic eyes, among other things. Your perfume, dripping love As you tucked me into bed With the...
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May 6, 2016
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Lily Swarn
Sing, and Louder Sing…
Lily takes a tongue-in- cheek look at music and singing in this humorous piece. An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unless ...
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April 26, 2016
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Lily Swarn
Hair and There!
A tongue-in- cheek tale of hair, its glees and woes by Different Truths’ humourist Lily. Alexander Pope, the great granddad of prose wrote, “Beauty draws us with a single...