• March 30, 2023
  • Meher Pestonji

Fevered Quarrels

A witty poem by Meher – exclusively for Different Truths. Who’s the boss? Fever said, “Me.” “No siree My body belongs to me! You are an intruder. So, go!...
  • March 1, 2023
  • Meher Pestonji

Blue Toe

An evocative and profound poem by Meher – exclusively for Different Truths.  Blue-black toe You are just two inches of my foot At the edge of my three feet...
  • January 6, 2023
  • Meher Pestonji

Virus

A body poem by Meher – exclusively for Different Truths.  Fever! If you come I’ll go walking over mountains. The sweat that flows will be a natural function not...
  • December 12, 2022
  • Meher Pestonji

Tooth Extraction

A witty body poem, by Meher, exclusively for Different Truths. My wisdom throbbed in the dentist’s trash-can while the anaesthetised gum waited for the pain to begin Alone I...
  • December 6, 2022
  • Meher Pestonji

The Enemy Within

An evocative body poem, as Meher describes it, exclusively for Different Truths. I live at the mercy of a liver that dictates what I can eat what I can’t...