Two Bits 18R1
I liked these, the last one most of all.
The first one got my attention in the beginning, wondering what you would say, and liking what you did say. "blue infinities" works well for me.
The idea of being "unlanguaged" in the second is intriguing, the form nice with even lines being shorter than odd ones (I noticed this detail after noticing that the sound worked; then I examined why). The change to lover walking under trees from birds is a bit surprising, and a little risky if the reader tries to examine relationships, though I think largely it works and the last four lines there are very well constructed, with very nice imagery (Snow-armored trees - though I'm not sure "sparse" makes sense there).
The last one works very well for me, in both form and meaning. I liked "puny fires" very much.
One thing about the first verse is that the uneven line breaks are distracting. In the second verse, putting "of" in line 3 to line 4 would make the rhythm of line 4 seem more like that of line 2.
I liked the Gulzar piece very much, though can't recall the original Hindustani. I'll say more about that in another post on another day - should really get some sleep now so I can pack some more tomorrow.
Poorvi
On & Towards Writing
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