Ranee Kaur Banerjee

A haiku writing travel addict, I have an itchy soul that needs constant scratching and I'm convinced there are universes I have hallucinated into becoming.

[Ranee Kaur Banerjee @raneekb]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/aUubWo28Z8

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@megwaf Merci, encore!

[Ranee Kaur Banerjee @raneekb]

If I could I would
tip the sun over
pour leftover sunset
onto wave-crests
then touch the ripples
so my fingertips
tingle with twilight

#FromOneLine

[Ranee Kaur Banerjee @raneekb]

@megwaf Thank you kindly!

[Ranee Kaur Banerjee @raneekb]

Do you see me,
a dark hole
squeezed
into the
shape of pain
tunneling
emptiness
into a
singularity?

#FromOneLine

[Ranee Kaur Banerjee @raneekb]

#haiku #CovidIndia

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Your brittle eyes break
ice-shards
drop down as
salt pin-pricks
on my tongue
turn into
mustard-sour words
that escape
fuming
and fill the air between us.
You turn away.

#vss365 #mustard #micropoetry

[Ranee Kaur Banerjee @raneekb]

@neeledgam @Steph_Lepht I do love the metaphysical sensibility.

[Ranee Kaur Banerjee @raneekb]

There was a point
when you and I
intersected
before we
strayed in
#perpendicular
directions
toward
our individual
infinities.

#vss365 #micropoetry

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He awakens smiling
straining playfully
against silk ties.
In the flickering shadows
of soft-glowing candles
his eyes scream
at the muted gleam
of the brass #idol
held #perpendicular
in her raised arms.

#vss365 #micropoetry

[Ranee Kaur Banerjee @raneekb]

One everyday,
the #idol stepped down
from her pedestal
and walked away
lightening
until she was
unfurled
untied by the breeze
unending
like the ribbon streets
so far beneath her flying feet.
#vss365 #micropoetry

[Ranee Kaur Banerjee @raneekb]

@PeterRavlich Absolute brilliance!

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/3jvm9ok0Rz

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/3IIhv55xJL

[Ranee Kaur Banerjee @raneekb]

Some nights I imagined
the #conversation

choreographed a groping dance
for groggy fingers

sound-mixed bedspring squeaks
a raspy “Hello?” and “Dead?”

When the call came
my “Hello” was too careless.
my “Oh,” adlibbed, too flat
and I didn’t say
“Dead?”

#vss365 #CovidIndia

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She half-burned half-drowned
spit out from holy waters
seeks her rightful moksh
#haiku #CovidIndia #COVIDSecondWaveInIndia

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@KesheWrites That's my nightmare. You wrote it using just the right words.

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A howl rises deep
strangled gasps try hard to breathe
Then everything stops
#haiku #CovidIndia #COVIDSecondWaveInIndia #covidhorrors

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https://t.co/6y2DQedJx2

[Ranee Kaur Banerjee @raneekb]

Continuing the A-Z of soft skills series. This one seemed especially apt to this time of our lives. #resilience #bounceback #challengingtimes https://t.co/vSbpZAq4Jw