May cross-post: Tanuj Solanki

So, after all the merry madness of the poem-a-day April has settled down and now that we are May-ing, I continue with my cross-posting of blogger friends' works. For May it is Tanuj Solanki, IIM Grad student '09, Ahmedabad, India. Poet, blogger and to me a dreamer, this is what he says:





"That is the thing with poems;
they grow on a conscience,
neverending,
like a fungus,
as children"



The poem I am showcasing here, and the rest are equally good, for you to read is:

' Missing Us'

Andy Warhol paintings
Jewish cookies (or something else)
Crépes with chestnut cream
21° Celsius
Chablis with friends


Online amateur poetry
Priyagold biscuits
Dal with chawal and dahi
42° Celsius
Spurious daaru with morons

I tell her how much I care--

'Did you put that eyedrop in sweetheart?

Do you have a good mood?'
When all I think is--

'Now love, tell me how to live.'

(http://dotcommedtanuj.blogspot.com/2009/04/missing-us.html)



Read also WHY PARIS (http://dotcommedtanuj.blogspot.com/2009/04/why-paris.html)

"But we don't know Paris
its towers and arcs of us unaware
the ladies and the museums without our stare."


and SMILING SLEEPS (http://dotcommedtanuj.blogspot.com/2009/02/smiling-sleeps.html)


For the whole haul go to TS' blog Sense