by Devjani Bodepudi | Nov 21, 2019 | Motherhood, poetry, Uncategorized
You see me how, now? You see me put my clothes on, A tired ritual in the dark of an autumn morning. After children, after brushing my teeth, After waking from another life. The life where I was someone not as I am Known to you. I think back to when I was unknown to...
by Devjani Bodepudi | Jun 5, 2019 | writing
Today, I fell in love With a moth; Small and brown. A pale and helpless triangle, As it lay upturned on the bottom of a pan. It grappled and struggled with six legs and antennae flailing Whilst the very things which gave her flight, Bore her down, damp and...
by Devjani Bodepudi | Mar 11, 2018 | Motherhood
Happy Mother’s Day. To Ma, I know you now, like I’ve never known you before. I am you. Your insecurities, your strengths and your weaknesses, your loves, your hopes and dreams are all mine now. They exist for my daughter and son and every day, I wonder how you managed...
by Devjani Bodepudi | May 7, 2016 | Travel, Uncategorized
There are times when it’s important to step forward into simpler times. We’ve taken a break from the daily grind before we head back into the throes of it. We’ve been in Hyderabad for over a month now, with a week’s break in between on a tropical island. Time stops...
