Cigarettes to My Jasmine: Morphing X Adulthood

By sanjana

This is a set of poetry ranging through various topics but the ultimate idea is to revel in words, art and the inevitable forces of change.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: Sep 23, 2019
• ISBN: 9781543702866

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CIGARETTES

TO MY

JASMINE

morphing x adulthood

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Copyright © 2019 by sanjana.

ISBN:       Softcover               978-1-5437-0287-3

                  eBook                   978-1-5437-0286-6

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index

1. rude awakenings

2.curves

3.eternal embrace

4.prisoners

5.im better than you

6.ruined

7.lonesome adventures

8.let go

9.depressions

10.tiny gods

11.crude elements

12.abandonment

13.borrowed lives

14.this fall

15.rainy winters

16.naked desire

17.writer’s quiet quill

18.uncanny souls

19.escape

20.beauty in rhymes

21.no way out

22.creator’s broth

23.rattle peace

24.arms of infinity

25.morphine tissue

26.prisoner and the passer-by

27.our bodies are our time machines

28.toxic thoughts

29.empty boxes

30.free falling

31.bottles

32.dark

33.forget the world

34.no saving

35.temporary fixes.

36.ma’s cooking

37.complexities

38.under the carpet

39.a few first dates

40.a frog’s fear

41.phases

42.birds with wings

43.my words

44.opposite

45.her only

46.ways of the verse

47.attempts

48.punk prophet

49.unadulterated love

50.chains of orthodoxy

51.thirst

52.cigarette butts

53.truth

54.perfection

55.for you

56.long lasting

57.acceptance

58.burns and smokes

59.strip

60.walking in the woods

61.possessions

62.ideas

63.solo parties

64.wounds and bandages

65.consumed

66.blank canvas

67.fire

68.two feet

69.flightless

70.broken taps

71.burnt marshmallows

72.blunt

73.spring to autumn

74.the greatest

75.body shifts

76.gejje

77.lost

78.prakriti

79.hush

80.sunburns

81.beautiful mistakes

82.chokehold

83.maze of your memories

84.stop at the inn

85.pond full of stars

86.ocean eyes

87.life brokers

88.morphing into adulthood

89.flawed

90.not naked enough

91.veils of dusk

92.cigarettes to my jasmine

acknowledgements

I’d like to thank:

ma for morning coffees and unconditional love

pa for breakfast dates and dropping me places

ka for a closet full of makeup and good music

Mukesh and Ishana for the amazing artwork

Riya and Shaurya for the constant guidance

Partridge (Jenny for finally rushing me) for this long and tedious journey of emails and calls and more emails.

Lastly, my school traumas and college stress for having a higher stake in this book than I imagined.

rude awakenings

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