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P[e]NORAMA
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A poetry, creative writing and ruminations blog, P[e]NORAMA is the gallery of my scribbles. It is the ’pensieve’ that keeps my mind’s ramblings, the paper that holds my pen’s scrawls, the simple note in the music of my life, and the rhyme in the poetry of my dreams.
Recent Posts
Criticizing vs Suggesting
Suggesting is not the same as criticizing. To suggest is not necessarily to say that one’s way is wrong (or right); it’s to say that there are other ways by which something can be done or dealt with. It’s not the same as saying you walked throu...
The Thing to Fear
. Many fear failure. But failure is a necessary part of life. Without the risk of failing, we will never learn to be prudent and there will never be a need for careful planning, for foresight. And without failure, we will never know how it is to succ...
Ironies
. Your feet are forever on a race against each other Trying to outdo the other, thus bringing you farther and farther. But… where? ————————— The enormous desert spreads itself before you...
Of Bells and Chrysalises (A Confession)
The bells have been ringing for quite sometime now, beckoning him and I to heed their calls, telling us to take each other’s hand and make our vows once and for all. We hear the bells, of course. We also hear our friends’ voices, tellin...
Moments in Our Lives: Getting Back Up
. There are moments in our lives when it seems so much easier to just give up than continue with our struggles; when we feel so tired we think there’s no way we could still go on. There are times when we fall so hard, we don’t think we could ever...
Winnowing
. . I watch my grandmother As she patiently winnows the grains Moving the winnowing basket Up, down; up down Tossing its content into the air. I see the chaffs being blown away Leaving behind the grains. Then, when there are no more chaffs left...

