Spilt Sequence Set - 5 Poems - Collaboration by Marjorie Pezzoli and Sarang Bhand

 

Spilt Sequence set by Marjorie Pezzoli and Sarang Bhand 

 

 

 

Retrospect  

 

depth behind  

 

penned pages 

locked in leather 

a gifted feather 

 

those closed eyes  

 

imagining  

what it would be  

if not this  

 

a black hole 

 

inside out  

reinvention of self 

a hair out of place.      

 

Sarang Bhand  

   & Marjorie Pezzoli 

 

 

 

Sleeping in the Rain 

 

surface streets  

 

a child sleeps  

in leaky tent  

far from home 

 

avoiding potholes  

 

coins cover eyes 

the lid drops down  

children pick poppies  

 

she bites the apple 

 

packaged food 

from relief boxes 

keeping hope 

 

Marjorie Pezzoli 

   & Sarang Bhand  

 

 
Contemplation  

contemplating  

row by row 
Cassiopeia moves 
the stars align 

next sacrifice  

a redeeming hymn  
soft crackling sound of  
bonfire under stars 

bishop or knight  

checkerboard  

seen through lashes  

she moves with grace 

 

Sarang Bhand  

   & Marjorie Pezzoli 

 

 

 

Skywriting  

 

asemic clouds 

 

constellation 

whispering to moon   

of a newborn                

 

deciphering my thoughts 

 

stratosphere notes  

sweet alyssum in bloom 

the robin’s nest 

 

love letters 

 

sealed envelope  

lying at the desk   

cat in the box  

 

Marjorie Pezzoli 

   & Sarang Bhand  

 

 

 

Below the Belt  

 

jab after jab  

 

bloodletting  

crimson paper  

a note not signed    

 

staying put  

 

displaying  

absence of time 

broken clock           

 

in ring of life 

 

lace or leather 

choice of gloves 

she paints the canvas 

 

Sarang Bhand  

   & Marjorie Pezzoli

Marjorie Pezzoli is a silk painter, visual artist, storyteller, and poet. Her writings deal with grief, hope, cosmic wonders, and stuff that catches her eye. Her poetry has been curated in numerous anthologies since 2019. Many of her works are inspired by her photographic observations taken while walking Beau, the dog with Betty Davis eyes. “The Cosmic Gumball Machine” is her weekly newsletter offering. Marjorie looks for words worth more than a thousand images. wwwPezzoliart.com

Sarang Bhand is an entrepreneur working in the clean-tech space. When he is not troubleshooting projects, he likes to spend time writing over the weekends. He is a keen student of the Japanese poetry forms and likes to write senryu exploring the subtleties of day to day observations and human tendencies. His writings can be found @ih_klektik on X (previously Twitter).