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K Weber @midwesternskirt.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

my poem, “A Vacation,” is in issue 97 of miniMAG! there is also a poem by @kushalpoddar-poet.bsky.social in this one! my piece was written last year based off of a prompt from William Erickson. view the issue here: minimag.space 💚💚💚

image of digital page from miniMAG 97. black background with white text reads:

A Vacation

- K Weber

We’d been ripping seams
and beating at the edges.

But this was not a frazzled
dress. Not a pinata. Waving

arms, we felt for curvature;
sought endings to a million

stories we knew from the old
throats and theories. We did

not care about flat or sphere:
only how to get out. One day,

an unexpected sound rumbled
wooden and then we ignored

the bell that followed. Probably
salespeople. But every time

that pounding deepened
and tested our core. It was hard

to ignore until we found a door
so immense we plotted escape.

We opened the door. Only
to let them in.

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Kushal Poddar the Poet @kushalpoddar-poet.bsky.social · 07/05/2024

A sketch of Thoughts Impersonated using Pilot Pocket Pen and Mohi Stallion inked with Pilot Black and Iroshizuku Yama-budo. Two photographs snapped using my Moto G.

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Kushal Poddar the Poet @kushalpoddar-poet.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

A few recent artworks. I used fountain pens and soft pastels and hints of tempera.

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Kushal Poddar the Poet @kushalpoddar-poet.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

I began to sketch again. The sketches and the drawings are related to what I write. #kushalpoddar #poetry #art #fountainpen #photography

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Kushal Poddar the Poet @kushalpoddar-poet.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

Mrs. Ray has this troubled breathing. Today only her left nostril has a mind to work..

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Kushal Poddar the Poet @kushalpoddar-poet.bsky.social · 25/03/2024

Happy Colour Festival, Dol Yatra or Holi. This is a three minute drawing. Pens are Moonman A1 and Acriv Ti nib. Dry pastel for colouring. #paintings #drawing #artwork #Holi #HolikaDahan #dol

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Kushal Poddar the Poet @kushalpoddar-poet.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

The cover of my new book was inaugurated by the acclaimed poet, Rijurekh Chakraborty. The venue was the evening stage of EZCC. The ceremony was a part of the Day 1 of Bharat Ancientism Rocks Festival.

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Kushal Poddar the Poet @kushalpoddar-poet.bsky.social · 26/02/2024

'How to Burn Memories Using a Pocket Torch' is poet Kushal Poddar's ninth book. In the words of Santosh Bakaya "Dealing with common emotions with an uncommon use of tone, tenor pitch, and diction, each poem is a delight to read, deftly woven in raw, subtle, hard-hitting lines."

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Kushal Poddar the Poet @kushalpoddar-poet.bsky.social · 24/02/2024

'How to Burn Memories Using a Pocket Torch' is poet Kushal Poddar's ninth book. The publisher is Tristoop Books. The cover art is based on Wassily Kandinsky. The cover graphics are done by Rakesh Banerjee. Unveiling tomorrow. All are welcome. #publication #newbook

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Kushal Poddar the Poet @kushalpoddar-poet.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Happy V Day, that celebrates the victory over the dark side of our lives. This poem, a redraft of it, will be published in the International Times alongside Nick Victor's fascinating artwork.

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Kushal Poddar the Poet @kushalpoddar-poet.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Happy V Day, that celebrates the victory over the dark side of our lives. This poem, a redraft of it, will be published in the International Times alongside Nick Victor's fascinating artwork.

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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

"What do I want from you? What I want from all of poetry and from each line of a poem: the truth of this moment. That's as far as truth goes. Never turns to wood - always to ashes." -- Marina Tsvetaeva (in a letter to Rainer Maria Rilke)

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Kushal Poddar the Poet @kushalpoddar-poet.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

You understand a few books, not the commerce of those, feel small inside a store, and store enough that words cease to mean anything anymore. K. P.

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David M Rubin @six18sfoundry.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

I never embarrass my daughters posting about them but breaking protocol to share a painting

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