The art of Poetry: Brindha Vinodh

Brindha Vinodh

I pour into her-

she pours into me.

Together

we flow

as

a river

carrying the soul

kissed by the sun 

the moon 

the stars ️ ️

and the eternal sky

playing the

music 

of the birds 

with the

flavors of the seasons.

Bleeding

as and

when weeds wade

through-

polluting-

only to masquerade

those clotted scars

as scarlet roses  

to retain that

fragrant fervor.

Smoothly flowing, still,

until those turbulent waves

of a powerful

tsunami take over

to merge and converge

with that one perennial ocean-

a mahasangamam of several souls.

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Footnote: mahasangamam- The convergence of all things into one

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Bio: Brindha Vinodh is a poet, writer, blogger and a former copyeditor. She has contributed to several anthologies and been published on several international magazines, e-zines and journals. She has recently released her debut poetry book titled “Autumn in America & other poems” through Setu publications, Pittsburgh, USA.

Her recent achievements include commendable mentions in two categories, “Poet of the year” and “critic of the year” for 2021 in Destiny Poets’ International community of Poets (ICOP) Wakefield, UK.  Born and brought up in Chennai, India, she currently resides in the United States of America with her husband and two daughters. Incidentally, she also holds a masters’ degree in Econometrics from the University of Madras.

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Setu, April 2022