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I'm just a speck in the universe mommying, reading, writing poems-stories-songs, singing, making playlists, and working 9-5. Alt acct: @teainnumvarala.bsky.social One stop link for my works: https://linktr.ee/kavya.janani
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Back on this account with a poem about my grief. Please do give it a read! dreamypoet.substack.com/p/for-neithe... #KJDreamyPoet #poetry #PoetrySky #grief

I wrote something quick and quirky in December 2024. Thought I could publish it on my blog. Do give it a read :) kavyajanani.wordpress.com/2025/01/26/m...

as the train whizzes by I capture an explosion in the sky my runny nose forgotten for that one moment #tanka #tankapoetry #KJDreamyPoet #PoetrySky

Woohoo! I have reached 17788 words in the 2nd draft of my manuscript 🥳

I know #smallpoemsunday has passed by. But I'd still love to share one of my imagist small poems here :) #KJDreamyPoet #micropoetry #poetry #PoetrySky

the music in my headphones grow louder as the downpour of ache shatters my heart #TankaThursday #tanka #micropoetry #KJDreamyPoet

Hi all, I thought I can post snippets from my first draft and interact with other writers here. But I've decided to step away until I finish writing my 2nd draft. I'll be posting poems occasionally and participating in other poetry prompts.

ANNOUNCEMENT In interest of saving characters for your pitch, I've realized that WIPSnipsPit is really long, so WIPSnipsPit is now going to use the hashtag #WSPit This leaves more room for other tags and your pitch! Full tags list and details coming soon. Mark your calendars for Feb 26!

She had come to #accept that there was no solution until someone like Jessica invented a time travel machine that could take her once again into the past. #WIPSnips #AmWriting #TimeTravel

Slowly, I walk out of the #station. People are looking at me up and down. But nobody stops me. When I reach the road, gone are the bikes, shiny cars, buses, and auto rickshaws. Instead, I see carriages pulled by horses and mules, trams, and a few Hindustan 10 cars. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #TimeTravel

‘That’s what I’ll be doing when the #Government calls me to investigate. There might be a connection between Vaqt and that ultramarine smoke I saw up there.’ ‘Hmmm. Okay, Jess. When will you come to pick me up?’ ‘5 PM, pronto. Fine with you?’ ‘Yes. I’ll be ready.’ #WIPSnips #WriteSky

As everyone looked hither-thither, Abinaya Varma spoke, ‘Hello! Can somebody explain why we were asked to assemble here?’ Siddharth kept mum, because Krishnamurthy, the Secretary of Chennai’s Civil Aviation Authority was #responsible for answering the questions. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #TimeTravel

Cheeks blush, nerves tingle as I hear him call out my name in a voice pickled with a million #feathers. Sometimes he chuckles, as if the clouds have finally learned to laugh. But no one would notice- my heart in knots, blood gushing, my whole being keeling over with inexplicable emotions. #vss365

value of pi my love for the moon #monoku #Poetry #PoetrySky

Maya looked at him, a warm expression on her face. She might not fall in love with him, but she’d stay in #harmony with him. That much she could be sure of. He wasn’t that bad after all. There were demons out there and Anuj was far better than them. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #TimeTravel #AmWriting

Since Leela knew that it would take at least an hour before she boarded the plane, she walked around the lounge, with one hand holding the backpack’s #strap and the other inside her jeans pocket. As she ambled, she noticed her favourite bookshop Higginbothams. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #TimeTravel

Day 21 of #TimeTravelAuthors Maya’s tresses went haywire in the breeze and she had a hard time shoving the tendrils behind her ears. For a moment or two, the sound of the waves calmed her a bit and made her forget that she hadn’t #appeared where she was supposed to be. #WriteSky #AmWriting

So, I have been MIA here. tday I'll do all the snippets I have missed 😁

Of course, I do have a crush on my OC, Nikhil Raj! 😍 He's here, you see! #FantasyIndiesDecember #WriteSky #AmWriting #TimeTravel

For a moment, she imagined breaking her phone, so that Nikhil would #jump out of it mystically and embrace her in the warmest hug she would ever receive. But all she could do was stifle her cries while she scrolled through the Google Search results. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #AmWriting #TimeTravel

While doing so, her fingers brushed against a shell – a banded tulip having beige spots on a cream #surface. She enclosed it in her palm and held on to it as if it would take her back in time where she could redo her mistakes. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #AmWriting #TimeTravel

While packing up, Maya tried to get Nikhil’s attention, but strangely Nikhil was looking everywhere except at Maya. When she tried to #approach him, he pretended to dial someone on the phone and moved away from her. Maya felt as if someone had drenched her in ice-cold water. #WIPSnips #TimeTravel

Day 17 of #TimeTravelAuthors 'I think we should have people in our lives with whom we can discuss how sunrises, sunsets, and rainbows make us feel.' #WriteSky #AmWriting #TimeTravel

When I'm heartbroken, as I too often seem to be, I think about the friends who help us through love-story after love-story, and I lift up these words for them. ❤️

still standing on the #threshold of longing I witness the madness slithering away from me now I can yearn without it without the insanity without losing my footing without listening to the incessant calls from the abyss this new longing is adorned with clarity and acceptance #micropoetry #vss365

I’m standing At the #threshold Of times gone And yet to come Rocked by Waves of nostalgia Trapped in stasis… Or I’d run My Time Machine Could use more tests Is my Eternal thought I made A rash decision Now eternally I’m caught And my riches Can’t save me For it seems Time can’t be bought #vss365

i’ve got 2 new poems in Quarterly West!! here’s one of them, “12 Questions,” which is inspired by Bhanu Kapil’s questions from The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers, a book i remain completely obsessed with for both poems: quarterlywest.com/issue-113-chen

Day 15 of #TimeTravelAuthors The prologue of my story takes place on Dec 31st, 2017. Then the first chapter is set on June 21st, 2014. The second chapter jumps to April 2020 😅 #WriteSky #AmWriting #TimeTravel

Publication day! 🥳 This has remained one of the favourite poems I have written. It's a five-stanza, Plath-inspired, feminist poem with Swiftie references (maddest, shameless, loudest). Please give it a read and let me know your thoughts. #Poetry #PoetrySky #KJDreamyPoet

This poem was published in the Modern Literature magazine last month 🦎 Full poem here: dreamypoet.substack.com/p/crawlies #KJDreamyPoet #PoetrySky #Poetry

Snippet for #TimeTravelAuthors ‘I’ll…I’ll somehow repair my #device and go back to June 21st, 2014 and stop my past self from using it for the first time. That will solve everything, even if it creates a paradox. But…’ The thought flooded her like a maelstrom. ‘But what?’ Srikanth piped in.

To Maya’s surprise, the street was just a small lane near Nikhil’s mansion. It was a #perfect spot for young lovers to have clandestine meetings. There was a single street lamp that emanated a golden glow throughout the lane. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #AmWriting #TimeTravel

Day 9 of #TimeTravelAuthors There are a few celebrations in 'Bid Time A Goodbye' like a weird birthday celebration and a movie's success meet. #WriteSky #AmWriting #TimeTravel

Day 7 of #TimeTravelAuthors ‘Oh my God!’ Maya yelled in #joy. Her eyes gleamed like a child watching fireworks for the first time. There stood the ultramarine blue cylindrical machine that was the cause of all joys and miseries. #WriteSky #AmWriting #TimeTravel

‘Maya, I don’t want to #argue now. I don’t think you’ll take it in the right manner. I have so many apprehensions talking about it.’ ‘Stop addressing me as Maya. And what the hell are you talking about? Come clean or else I’m walking out on you,’ she almost thundered. #WIPSnips #WriteSky

Maya was a #lover of the spot as she had sat by it many a quiet morning in her original timeline, without worrying about being spotted by fans. Waves of nostalgia seeped through her veins as she remembered the sense of freedom she had in her original life. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #TimeTravel

This poem was published in the Modern Literature magazine last month. I wrote it after I got a nasty chalazion removed from my right lower eyelid. Full poem here: dreamypoet.substack.com/p/goodbye-ch... #PoetrySky #KJDreamyPoet #Poetry

god i love journaling/keeping a diary. yes, some of it will turn into "real writing" (spoiler alert: it's all real), but i looove writing things that really aren't meant to be published or shared in any capacity. i'm just gossiping about me to myself for moi

‘No, no, there’s a button at the bottom of the device. If you click that, you can instantly come back to your present.’ ‘Oh! So we are going to enter the #lift on the 8th floor. When it reaches the ground floor, there will be no human being inside. Right?’ #WIPSnips #WriteSky #TimeTravel