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Peas Out Of A Pod

April 13, 2019 Sittam Param 0 Comment aubergine poem, Rasa Rasika's Vegetable Poem, S. Rasa Rasika., vegetable poem

Yoga peas Who would have thought Two peas in a pod Could flex and bend their stalks And balance their

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Potato So Dramatic

April 6, 2019April 14, 2019 Sittam Param 0 Comment poet/artist S. Rasa Rasika, S. Rasa Rasika., vegetable poem

The potato Dramatic to the core The operatic potato Strives hard to succeed Smash the glass ceiling Made of dirt

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Tomato – Aspiring Ballerina

March 30, 2019April 8, 2019 Sittam Param 0 Comment iPhone drawing, iPhone finger drawiing, Rasa Rasika's Vegetable Poem, S. Rasa Rasika., tomato poem, vegetable poem

Tomato Starry eyed The hopeful tomato Leaps for attention Landing softly on her feet She never thought she’d do it,

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Onion – Don’t cry for me

March 23, 2019March 31, 2019 Sittam Param 0 Comment Onion poem, rasa rasika sittamparam, S. Rasa Rasika., vegetable poem

Onion tears The bud within the bulb Emerges from down below Not a spud, just a ball Of vein, volumes

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Capsicum Roar

March 16, 2019March 24, 2019 Sittam Param 0 Comment Capsicum, S. Rasa Rasika., vegetable poem

Capsicum Tired of being ignored Ousted from the Scoville Villainous fruit Roars like the Naga too The hairless biker Sports

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Madame Bok Choy’s Herbaceous Slumber

March 8, 2019March 17, 2019 Sittam Param 0 Comment Bok Choy, london journalist, Rasika Sittamparam, S. Rasa Rasika., spears magazine, vegetable poem

Madame Bok Choy Two bodies, not one Combine in a bulb More’s welcome company The bok choy gleams in sweat

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Broccoli – Vegan Queen

March 3, 2019March 16, 2019 Sittam Param 0 Comment Broccoli, rasa rasika sittamparam, S. Rasa Rasika., vegetable poem

Broccoli Sultry green Celebrated stem She rules the world As vegan queen No cameras, no No skin on Insta An

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Sacrificial Bitter Gourd

February 23, 2019March 8, 2019 Sittam Param 0 Comment bitter gourd, bitter gourd poem, Rasika Sittamparam, S. Rasa Rasika., vegetable poem

Alone on my vine I clamber down Seeking friends There’s no gourd As bitter as I No fruit as wrinkly

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The Unearthed Carrot

February 16, 2019March 3, 2019 Sittam Param 1 Comment carrot, carrot poem, rasa rasika sittamparam, S. Rasa Rasika., watecolour carrot

We are starting a weekly series of poems with colourful illustrations by resident poet/artist S. Rasa Rasika featuring vegetables. We

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World, Arise

February 1, 2019February 25, 2019 Sittam Param 0 Comment kaleidoscope, Rasa Rasika, rasa rasika sittamparam, S. Rasa Rasika., shattered glass

World, arise It’s true that love now Lacks affection In Love there’s no Compassion What was a kaleidoscope Is Now

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Mother India – The gift to the World! #video

November 19, 2018February 4, 2019 Sittam Param 0 Comment Mother India, Ode to Mother India, poet Kanna, S. Rasa Rasika., singer kanna

Like a Diamond amongst Jewels through the ages! Greeting us with Love and bounties through saints and sages . Ever

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Snail Dissected by S. Rasa Rasika

November 3, 2018November 3, 2018 Sittam Param 0 Comment disected snail, S. Rasa Rasika., snail

A surrealist line drawing by artist S. Rasa Rasika.

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O’ Bumble Bee by Kanna

October 30, 2018December 16, 2018 Sittam Param 0 Comment Kanna, Radha and the bumble bee, Radha prem, S. Rasa Rasika.

Title: O’ Bumble Bee! O’ Bumble Bee! The scorching heat of the double -edged love of your master burns my tender

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Ode To Refrigerator Storage

June 11, 2018September 1, 2018 Sittam Param 0 Comment rasa rasika sittamparam, Refrigerator, S. Rasa Rasika.

Saying goodbye is hard Hard earned was the privilege Soaking in the cold sanctuary Refuge from the microbial deluge Farewell

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Where There’s Joy

April 1, 2018May 1, 2018 Sittam Param 1 Comment Rasika Sittamparam, S. Rasa Rasika., S. Rasika

We are all cursed; to see elements of time whizzing past, imperfectly asymmetrically beautiful pieces of the unsolvable puzzle that

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A Bug of the Imagination

December 7, 2017December 7, 2017 Sittam Param 0 Comment bug painting, Rasa Rasika, S. Rasa Rasika.

London based hobby artist S. Rasa Rasika’s latest painting featuring an imaginary bug.

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Chaos by Corporates

October 24, 2017November 14, 2017 Sittam Param 0 Comment corporate greed, environment damaging products, global warming, rasa rasika sittamparam, S. Rasa Rasika.

The onslaught of capitalism giving rise to the megalomania of environment ravaging corporate industries has disrupted the fragile ecosystem of

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Passengers of an Eternal Cycle

September 29, 2017October 31, 2017 Sittam Param 0 Comment passengers of an eternal cycle, S. Rasa Rasika.

A wedding needs a witness We had more than we could wilfully imagine Millions descended upon us Falling from the

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Scary Insect

September 29, 2017 Sittam Param 0 Comment insect world, S. Rasa Rasika.

A sketch of a fearsome insect by S. Rasa Rasika.

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Duck Pond

September 29, 2017 Sittam Param 0 Comment Ducks at a pond, S. Rasa Rasika.

A shot of a family of ducks at a pond in London by S. Rasa Rasika.