Triple L

By Devika Syal

The dreams of Los Angeles, the calm of London, the anonymity of Las Vegasthese are things Devika Syal noticed from a young age and grasped on to, even though she couldnt yet understand them.
Now join an older, more seasoned Devika on her journey as she uses these cities as a foundation to build her own home and create a visual landscape of emotion and color. Los Angeles unfolds like a diary, while London becomes a nostalgic battleground of longing and words unsaid. Meanwhile, Las Vegas emerges as a new world and an oasis within a desert destined to create quiet among crowds and serenity among bright lights and loud electric slot machines.
There is more than meets the eyes within these three big and famous cities. The only difference is between those who participate and those who choose to look.
Triple L is the debut poetry collection by Devika Syal.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Mar 30, 2018
• ISBN: 9781546232490

Devika Syal

Raised on film and literature from a very young age, and exposed to art across numerous cities as she traveled with her family through US, Canada, Europe, Asia and Africa, Devika Syal developed a passionate interest in writing and creation. As an entertainment journalist and graduate from Emerson College, shes had the opportunity to write for multiple websites, including Her Campus, and her own blogs Gaana Dikhana and Human/Victim. Born in Los Angeles, Devika attended the excellent magnet schools in the city, which taught her how to write creatively, with meaning. In combining her love of art, her skill in poetry and prose, and the lessons learned from travel, Devika created Triple L. When she is not traveling to, or writing about her three Ls, Devika enjoys making accurate Oscar predictions, teaching herself to drum, and attending concerts.

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Published by AuthorHouse 03/29/2018

ISBN: 978-1-5462-3250-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5462-3249-0 (e)

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This book is dedicate

d to

Uncle and Nani.

My dearly departed;

the two people I most wish could read this book.

TRACK LIST

INTRODUCTION

Triple L the poem

LOS ANGELES

Little Man

Carded

Triggered

You’re No Me

I Tried to Help You

It’s Been A While

In My Efforts to Not Write About You I Have Not Written About You, I Have Not

12th of May (Baby Delinquents)

The Remarkable Regularity of Heir

and Duchess Chatsworth

688

Untitled

Tal (I will never recreate that line

to the cafe and now I’m put off from drinking coffee these days)

No matter how hard I try to move on even the little things haunt me

GU/WFTE

CB ♥ TB

And I’d ink it on my skin and

you’d surprise me onstage

Bennington

Born Toxic Die Toxic

I Pick And Choose My Favorites

Untitled

You

Because He Really Owns Me

I Reassigned My Own Day of Birth

The night I fell asleep listening to Imagine

Amy

GD #1

Lesser Gatsby

Whisper Hello

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Ode to CC

Per

BSC

I’m With The Band

Dhani

LONDON

If I close my eyes I can pretend i’m in London

The Houses Without Sidewalks

Pounds and Ounces

Stamps

Prophecies

Matriarch

Hook me up

Untitled

Photograph

DLR

Liverpool

Untitled Lennon Piece

What am I Doing Wrong

We Took The Long Way

Wrapped In The Same Old Way That We Do

Done it Once

Re:

Little White Bag

I’ll Listen; I Promise

For Sale

Finchley Central

Stanmore

Support Her and She Will Grow

Keep It Quiet

Say It To Yourself Again

Tea Tree and a shower that still

hasn’t come back to me

Caravan

Since White Curves

I Really Loved That Day

I guess that’s all of it

LAS VEGAS

Making Decisions

Nostalgia & Longing

Retail Therapy

Aesthetic #1

Aesthetic #2

Obsolete

Stacie & Josh #1
 

14th

Why Do I Only Love You When I’m Asleep?

Maybe One Day We Actually Will

High Rollers

Suffer

I Awoke to a Tragedy

I listened to top 10 LP rap compilations online for hours and it made me wanna write a

political rap because we all feel helpless in the face of gun violence

Stacie & Josh #2

Thank You

Baby, Give Me That Right Foot

2:48

You’re My Dream and You Came True For Me

They Cut the Solos

Spaceman

Listening Party

If We Leave Right Now Nobody

Will Notice We’re Gone Until It’s Too Late To Stop Us

Easter

Stacie & Josh #3

Maximus

South Point

I Really Do

Floored

Clark County

The Studio at the Palms

Job Listings

Pure

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

I've always been told by my closest friends that the reason I approach the world with such bright-eyed optimism is because I take extreme joy out of the unexpected little things in life. Beautiful chance moments out on the street. Coincidences that line up into something bigger. It's like that feeling when your favorite musician sings your absolute favorite song at a concert, after having not played it at any show for years before. Those moments when the universe opens a door for you that you had never planned, and it guides you to your perfect place.

So you can only imagine how I felt when the universe lined three little doors up for me; three little Ls. Triple L is a term I coined to address my three favorite cities: Los Angeles, London, and Las Vegas.

As I continued my education in Boston, I came to a point where I started missing these cities so much that it affected my ability to go day to day. I found solace in poetry and began writing seriously in 2016. My first three poems, written side by side on a fall night in a small mint green notebook, were about these three cities.

As 2016 progressed into 2017, I became more serious about poetry. I decided that I needed a new goal, as I had completed a life-long achievement in September 2016 and was feeling lost. As the poems kept coming, I began to desire the feeling of holding a real book of my own work in my hands. And thus, Triple L came to be.

These poems cover everything. They are my memories; they are my dreams; they are inspired by people