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| Mask of Carnival in Goa. |
Sometimes
-Brian Mendonca
Sometimes
you have to reach into yourself
to know
who you are.
Sometimes
you have to still
the voices around you
to listen to your silence.
Sometimes
when your soul speaks
You better be listening
because
sometimes,
that's all you've got.
(Goa,
14 March 2025)
Sabirah
-Brian Mendonca
Sabeera
Sabrinha
Shabira
Shakira
Sabera
Saberan
(Goa
14 March 2025)
Note: Variations on the name of Sabirah, an inspiring character in Intizar Husain's Partition novel Basti. (1979)
Holi
-Brian Mendonca
Coloured papers
Colours of life
Dil ko kahi lagne do mere
Kya kya rang dikhaunga.
(Goa
14 March 2025)
Note: A reel on Holi by Gaur Gopal Das; Verse by Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810).
(Goa
14 March 2025)
Unimmaculata
-Brian Mendonca
Acid and fuel
spill into the North Sea.
The Solung
and the Immaculata
collide in midstream.
One out of 37
adrift in the icy waters.
'Fear of environmental damage'
says the UK PM.
Note: The two ships collided on 10 March 2025.
(Goa
14 March 2025)
Because
-Brian Mendonca
Because of many choices
I am here.
Because of many choices
I am clear.
If you misunderstand
I can understand.
Because of many choices
I am here.
(Goa
14 March 2025)
Soup
-Brian Mendonca
Porcini mushrooms
like labia
swim in my soup
How did dining
get so erotic?
(Goa
14 March 2025)
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Photo taken by Brian Mendonca at Manohar Parrikar International airport, Goa on 27 February 2025.
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