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Culture for the Uncultured
my tiny door into ~literature~


Kaushik.
Hi! This is based on a book/collection of short stories I read. Tis the Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Jan 22, 20221 min read


Onion
It's based on a very simple and common idea that we as a species are always searching for something. Some meaning or purpose or whatever ...
Jan 12, 20221 min read


A Smile
a simple poem bc why not
here's more dogs smiling also bc why not
"And behold
I see the light in his face"
Jan 7, 20221 min read


Monsoon/Alive
Im not here to tell anybody what poetry should or shouldn't be. But my motive when i post these is to make you 'feel' something...Read More
Jan 1, 20221 min read


begin again
What on earth 2018 samjam went thru to write this god knows but present day samjam is in a state of severe writers block that"s fosho.
Dec 28, 20211 min read


Alice
missed the second post of the week in the middle there, been a teensybit depressed- kinda hated everything new I wrote. "HEAVY I sit ...."
Dec 25, 20211 min read


Questions?
Hi yes I am 17 (so experienced wow) writing about the meaning of love, do read ;) "What is love but a shared ignorance..." Read More
Dec 16, 20211 min read


Apologies, apologies
"Forgive me
For I find you so beautiful" a poem of absolute and hopeless adoration- Read More
Dec 6, 20211 min read


Song of Myself
hello hello, my dear reader! I am currently preoccupied with board exam prep and therefore no original poem. But here's ONE SINGLE section f
Nov 30, 20212 min read


Ageing
sapling of silence once buried has bloomed into bloody flowers of memories. mud has you dirty; wretched soil! cleanse the self with...
Nov 25, 20213 min read


Men at Sea
Picture credits: Gabrielle Rogers, @shipinbottles.com I write you letters Brown paper boats that float on tears The men at sea understand...
Nov 21, 20212 min read


Your Fort
Stop visiting me, dear It’s too late now My lungs have fallen onto the butterflies in the basement Stop smiling at my misery. It’s just...
Nov 17, 20211 min read


Touch Me
With your fingertips of acid, Foaming at the mouth; I’ll remain perfectly placid, Scars when you’re done. You’re Grinning at my body; at...
Nov 12, 20211 min read


A Hug
How does one befriend the people they've killed- How does a murderer embrace missing life? The man who loathes death lends himself first...
Nov 8, 20211 min read


I Laugh.
I laugh But it isn’t all that funny but for your painted smug which if I wiped would stain my hand with pretty pernicious pigment and I...
Nov 5, 20211 min read


since feeling is first
since feeling is first who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you; wholly to be a fool while Spring is in...
Nov 5, 20211 min read


Scared
Which one more terrifying Fine character smooth and blurred Like opalescent glass Waiting to be shattered And dusted away; aloof Or is it...
Nov 5, 20211 min read
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