Prose

  • January 19, 2021nomadsivProse

    Mini's World

    My first book, Mini's World, is in print! Okay, just a custom print of a family edition, not published in any store. But print, all the same!

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  • March 8, 2011nomadsivProsefiction

    Mostly Harmless

    A common friend introduced us over email. His name was Dan. I was new in Amsterdam, and the common friend figured since Dan was new here too, we should get …

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  • March 3, 2010nomadsivArtliquidprose

    The petrified millipede

    A millipede painting with a nonsense rhyme to match – don't ask him where his million little legs are taking him, or he'll freeze and curl.

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  • June 14, 2009nomadsivArtliquidprose

    No Place To Hide

    A snake painting and the six lines that go with it – rustling among the leaves, torn between hiding and letting you see its thoughts.

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  • June 12, 2009nomadsivArtliquidprose

    The Orange Skier

    The orange headed one Goes skiing, A whizz of color, He starts off lazily downhill, Gathering speed as he goes, Lithe and graceful, Zooming down the slope, A …

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All prose

  • January 19, 2021nomadsivProse

    Mini's World

    My first book, Mini's World, is in print! Okay, just a custom print of a family edition, not published in any store. But print, all the same!

    Read More
  • December 2, 2011nomadsivExperiencesliquidprose

    november rain

    A poem from a slow bike ride through Amsterdam's November rain – soggy brown leaves, a red poncho, and thoughts of other rains and a far-away warmth.

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  • March 8, 2011nomadsivProsefiction

    Mostly Harmless

    A common friend introduced us over email. His name was Dan. I was new in Amsterdam, and the common friend figured since Dan was new here too, we should get …

    Read More
  • March 3, 2010nomadsivArtliquidprose

    The petrified millipede

    A millipede painting with a nonsense rhyme to match – don't ask him where his million little legs are taking him, or he'll freeze and curl.

    Read More
  • September 30, 2009nomadsivExperiences

    Mind Game or Footwork?

    Beating the best badminton player in our group 26–24 – and the moment at 15 points when I stopped assuming I would lose.

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  • September 23, 2009nomadsivExperiencesliquidprose

    Murphy's Day

    No water in the house, gym bag left at the office, the road barricaded for Navratri – a Pune morning where everything goes sideways and the streets charm anyway.

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  • June 14, 2009nomadsivArtliquidprose

    No Place To Hide

    A snake painting and the six lines that go with it – rustling among the leaves, torn between hiding and letting you see its thoughts.

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  • June 12, 2009nomadsivArtliquidprose

    The Orange Skier

    The orange headed one Goes skiing, A whizz of color, He starts off lazily downhill, Gathering speed as he goes, Lithe and graceful, Zooming down the slope, A …

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  • June 8, 2009nomadsivExperiencesliquidprose

    Bittersweet

    I had written this a looong time ago.. seems like a different lifetime now. Finally got around to posting it here. --------- You touched my life in a unique …

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  • April 26, 2009nomadsivExperiencesIndia, liquidprose, civic

    The mark of indelible ink

    This election year somehow it has become a personal milestone for me to vote. Several weeks before the election date, R finds our names registered to vote in …

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  • May 20, 2008nomadsivExperiencesliquidprose

    Do I know you?

    Do I know you? I seem to know how your thoughts flow, how your eyes look for mine among a bunch of others. Making that connection with you seems so natural. It …

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  • December 2, 2007nomadsivProseliquidprose

    1000 Watts

    Turn off the thousand watts. Pack up the moon and stars, Roll out the thunder clouds, And let it rip!

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  • November 28, 2007nomadsivProseromance, liquidprose

    Coppersmith

    My hair still wet from the shower I let it dry in the afternoon sun as I sit out on the back porch, sipping lukewarm pearl tea. I love the chunky feel of the …

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