My mother, the late poet and artist Kusum Shukla, passed away exactly one year ago on 20 January 2025. Please join me in commemorating her memory. Read also Peace (2025), written while she was ill and dedicated to her memory.
Such A Sad Day
Telling my story as a poet – II
Two years ago, on 11 October 2023, I was interviewed by author David T. Applegate about my journey and mission as a poet. We connected again on 27 October 2025, where I continued my story. Read about it in this
Lay Me Down to Sleep, Oh Love
I wrote this poem in 1983, 16 years old. It captures the deep suffering in a painful and impossible love, where the soul finally wishes to be set free of the karmic bond. Compare this poem to Verse to a