"A tiny possibility" — Five Poems by Carol Blaizy D’Souza
The quotidian can never cease to impress with great power the greater wonder that can emerge from everyday life and our lived experiences. These five poems by Carol Blaizy D’Souza move with subtle confidence across inner and outer geographies, often reflecting how travel and wandering also take plac
Mamallapuram
Three women sitting in a car in traffic
returning from a lovely afternoon by the sea
belting out a full-throated Afreen Afreen
Kodaikanal in June
The flaming red blush
of the gulmohurs
is bridal
amidst the boisterous green
of the early monsoon foliage
that flanks the dark tarmac
snaking up the hill.
In Bamboo Bazaar
the street and the shops squabble over space.
Wooden wheels the size of a chariot
sit out battles leaning on shopfronts.
Doors upon doors upon doors
eye the fact of their estranged frames
in piles across the aisle from them.
Amidst this, sniffing the armpit
of a shop dozing on its heels,
a bus lumbers out of Bamboo Bazaar Street.
A Hibiscus Bud in May
A tiny possibility
Burgundy velvet nestled in emerald silk
Soaking in the morning sun after the first summer rain
A Hillside Evening
The quicksilver mist lifts as quickly
as it enveloped the church steeple
on the hill across.
The sharp shoulder blades
of the blue tin roofs that
dot the hillside
nick its pearly skin.
Riotous pink flowers
try to woo me
as I look out.