Akshaya’s Substack

poems

By Akshaya Lord

· Launched 2 years ago

Recent Posts

• decaying growth
  a gest is a heroic act (or gesture). a burl is an abnormal outgrowth on a tree.
  Jun 11

• vertigo
  this is what I imagine living in new york feels like.
  Jun 3

• figurative media
  random rhyme schemes 4 the win.
  May 14

• sunflower
  i wrote this at the end of 2023 and the sunflowers still shine.
  Apr 30

• Sunflower II
  dessert before dinner
  Apr 30

• beehive
  I was stung by a bee #RIP bee :(
  Apr 23

• Dysgeusia
  "What novelty is worth that sweet monotony where everything is known and loved because it is known?” George Eliot
  Apr 2

• sleeping beauty
  I think all villanelles need something to do with seasons (thank u Edmund William Gosse)
  Mar 24

• 3/7
  i love the red string theory. rather than tying to the ankles or pinkies, i imagine it to the lungs, suffocating someone.
  Mar 11

• Opalescence innocence
  this is what derealization feels like sometimes
  Feb 26

• dream states
  2/8/26
  Feb 8

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