If

If you’ve loved me unconditionally

And I have failed to reciprocate 

You should know I am not the one

Love demands steadfast devotion

But I am a mere leaf in the wind

Do not mourn for me if I float away 

I abandon the tree that birthed me 

When times change and colors fade

The wind carries my judgment and 

When it beckons, I have to go away. 

..

Anant Dhavale

Amber rises the moon

Amber rises the moon

Beneath - thick green woods

A jubilant river makes its way through the gorge

Rims of gray hang around a few stray clouds

Silhouettes of silver float away

in tandem - a swift movement of tectonic plates

Amber moon melts away

in the distance - a smoke, a pallid hue spreads.

..

Anant Dhavale

Recent poems

I've written much these days but have not published here since most publications insist on previously unpublished stuff. Prominent ones include "One Flat Microcosm," "Daughters of Israel," "Springtime Desolation," "Sisterhood of Dukhha," and "Civilization is a Zero Sum Game."

"One Flat Microcosm," and "Springtime Desolation," are published in "This Broken Shore," magazine. 

Affinity

What affinity brought us closer 

And kept us together  -

Us, the otherwise molecules

In randomness.

.

Anant Dhavale

( Simpler verses)

Poetry reading this month

 I am featuring at the Riverread poetry series at Redbank NJ later this week. I intend to read some of my longer poems, and may be end with a few haikus. 

Haiku

 lush red cranberries 

aren’t just the only thing

you could crave for

..

Anant Dhavale

Stuff

Things lose shine

stuff gets in the way

letters remain unread

Memory makes way for 

newer delights 

and a thousand reasons emerge

to forget

Much rains but little remains 

in this mad dash we call life.

.

Anant Dhavale