The Calling

I must confess something today, dear reader – for the longest time since my book was published, I felt nothing. Strange, for someone who’d been versifying since the age of seven and working all her life towards that day, to feel nothing, isn’t it? I thought it must be the nerves, or the initial shock,…

Styx

Wish I knew what spells and charms made the spirit whole; what saint roamed the purgatory with balm for wounded souls... I'd have whispered archaic words in consciousness and in sleep, I'd have parleyed with the good man of God for some nepenthe to heal... But I sit on the rocks and wait by the…

Dark River, to Erik Satie’s Gnossienne Number 1

Dear reader, this music piece by Satie is something I've always loved and been fascinated by... If my book were to have a musical score, it would certainly be this. Music copyright - Erik Satie, Gnossienne Number 1 Dark River, a deluge of poetry by Isha Garg available at Amazon. More on Instagram @ishaismsblog

The Home of the Soul

Listening to them preach - in the days of old - I followed what they said was the right path - until one day I couldn't ignore the wrong in all that I was told, and let the pull within my soul allow me to stray. For better or for worse, I chose the journey,…

faith

Is my faith enough to bring me closer to you, my God? Or does it get trampled beneath the feet of your million devotees that make their way in the dust that leads to your stony temple? Do you spare me a coveted thought in your silent moments, as often as I remember you? Or…