Still Life

Peach
heavy on my palm.
Its hard-knot,
rattling heart muffled
by flesh I want to pierce.
Its skin
soft as felt, smooth as
unshaven down
on bare arms, dust on
butterfly wings.
Its in-between colour –
less than orange
not quite pink,
ambiguous
like brown.
Apples, pears and plums
are cool against the
cheek, but a peach
is warm.
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Sunflowers
Their brown hearts shrivel
easily. They seethe in their skins
with the patience of
stalkers. In Van Gogh’s [...]

i-magic

Here are the long overdue pictures of Pondicherry.

The view from the seafront restaurant at hotel ‘The Promenade’

A Pondicherry cop waddling smartly across the street

Sunlight filtering through the Big Banyan near the Matri Mandir at Auroville

…and another view of the Big Banyan

A bohemian restaurant and art studio called Le Space in the French part of town

A [...]