Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Shotify - Prufrock

So this week, we decided to reinterpret in Word-ka Shots a brilliant work of poetry called 'The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock' by T.S. Eliot. If you haven't already read the poem, read it here. Then scroll down to see what we did with it.


(Photo via tumblr.com)






the voices asked me
if i dared;
my return from hell
was a question
because hell was love 
and longing
and my mind-
swallowed 
fog and smoke and sea
to fill the void within me
but i shrunk
with every revision
because the thoughts
i chose to keep were ones 
that killed me.


 -Jason





rescue me
from the swirling depths
of what i meant (a seashell)
and what they saw (clams)
and what you heard, (dinner)
so I may finally ask you
this overwhelming question.










-Nikita

















Monday, November 11, 2013

Seven


When we received this shot suggestion from our reader Sukanya, we were quite intrigued and equally stumped . Having never really been good with numbers,  we leave you to do the math and see if things add up.







 Each time
() he loves me 
A petal falls
he loves () me not 
I say a prayer
() he loves me 
And hold my breath
he loves me not ()
Then thank my stars
() he loves me 
That this flower
he loves me () not 
Has just enough
() he loves me.
      
         
- Jason

                      


        
       He sits back
       in His armchair
       in a straw hat maybe,
       smokes a Cuban cigar
       and smiles
       down at His art.
       this is His last holiday
       before Fall.





                                                  
       
       -Nikita











Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Break


                              Photo taken on 15 February 2009 (© Bindaas Madhavi / Flickr)






       She taught me
       how hearts 
       lose their virginity,

      'They break to grow'.
       
       

     
- Jason

                      


       This modern world
       and its eggshell loves:
       our hearts have been served,
       burnt to a crisp,
       fried on griddles,
       with ketchup smiles,
       sunny side up.
        


        -Nikita





Sunday, August 4, 2013

Stay



 (After the Rain by Toni Verdú Carbó)





     we circle sacred fires
     of love. in prayer.
     seven times over.
     our joy is a knot
     tied in between us,
     each circle, a lifetime.
     you make me regret

     that i get only seven.
     be my forever,
     stay.

    
- Jason

                      


        In time,
        Stretched tight
        Like a blanket,
        Its twists and turns
        Smoothed out
        To an irritating level
        Of perfection,
        Let your creases
        Remain.

        

        -Nikita

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Pray








Our father,
who art in heaven;

I am in love.

My bones
seek out their own
in another,
my flesh is left bereft.
my blood runs in me
for them.
Bring us back together.
Amen.

-Jason





 "Thank you"
 said a hundred and eight times,
 with the push of a bead,
 in place of your name.
 Now give me what I want. 









 -Nikita















Sunday, April 21, 2013

Body










       I am a body.

      I am worth more than a ghost
      or a shadow.  

      I am worth what I  am. 

      I am a body.




       - Jason 


                         


       These terrains of skin
       Are all you.
       each with their own capitals
       And weather.
       The plateau of your chest
       The mound of your stomach
       The precipice of your chin
       Places of interest
       For me to build
       My monuments upon.

      -Nikita


Wednesday, April 3, 2013


Take what you get and make it beautiful.








       soften your answer;
       spell it out 
       on my neck
       with your tongue.

     
    
     - Jason 


                          


       In every refusal
       I pick up these seeds
       These threads
       Dyes and tints
       Spice and perfume
       Musical notes.
       So that when I am shaken
       They scatter like pearls
       And pepper the world
       With more.
    
       -Nikita




Friday, March 22, 2013

Rage


We will let the words to the talking on this one. 







       the storm
       (inside me) 
       is not because of you
       (i lie) 
       it is here to claim a life
       (a choice between you and i) 
        i must contain it
       (within me) 
       let it wreak havoc
       (inside) 
       and stay quiet 
       (for if my lips part
       and it escapes
       you will be destroyed) 



                     - Jason 



                                     


      
       In the growling
       Of my belly
       And the hungers
       Left unheeded
       For millions of months
       I find 
       Exactly the strength 
       To move that mountain.
       I push 
       Flat palms 
       Against bedrock.



        -Nikita





Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Thorn

For the first time in Wordkashots' history, we do something similar. Your thoughts? 





    


     i keep you as a thorn
     underneath the ball of my feet;
     there is
     just enough pain 
     to keep me going
     and still not forget

     i have walked through the forest
     following a faint cry
     alone,
     in search of you.



    - Jason

                      


     

        I could have stopped
        At that last bend
        Turned my big toe up
        Pulled you out
        And laid you to rest
        On the grass.
        Instead I walk on
        And let every jab
        Remind me:
        Next time,
        I must put my foot down.

     -Nikita