Carol D'Souza

Two Poems: “Hidden Costs of Promiscuity” and “Volition”
monarch butterfly perched on yellow sunflower in close up photography during daytime
Two Poems: “Hidden Costs of Promiscuity” and “Volition”

I gargle away the itch in the tonsils accompanying this persistent flu.
By Carol D'Souza
April 18, 2024
Two Poems: “Hidden Costs of Promiscuity” and “Volition”
What is your verb
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What is your verb

Khusro to Bullah. Ada to Parveen
यह, वह, वो

He, she, they
Lover or Beloved? Woman or Man?
By Carol D'Souza
March 1, 2023
What is your verb
Two Poems: ‘A room of one’s own’ & ‘Sunshine’
Photograph of the roots of a tree
Two Poems: ‘A room of one’s own’ & ‘Sunshine’
You couldn’t begin to say the self Before someone helps you finish — Self-centred Self-serving Selfish
By Carol D'Souza
September 19, 2022
Two Poems: ‘A room of one’s own’ & ‘Sunshine’
Two Poems: ‘Only sometimes’ & ‘No filter’
Photo of a trees in a forest. There is little distance between the trees. At the centre is a singular tree with twisting and gnarly branches.
Two Poems: ‘Only sometimes’ & ‘No filter’
Sometimes my love is as expansive as the earth itself Patient None of the restlessness of a filly
By Carol D'Souza
May 3, 2022
Two Poems: ‘Only sometimes’ & ‘No filter’
Three Poems: ‘Untitled’, ‘Alchemy’ & ‘Third date’
A photograph depicting two hands reaching towards each other, but not touching, in a darkened backdrop
Three Poems: ‘Untitled’, ‘Alchemy’ & ‘Third date’

He said ‘tender’ today/in such a way/I thought/I’d definitely like him saying/dirty things to me
By Carol D'Souza
February 1, 2022
Three Poems: ‘Untitled’, ‘Alchemy’ & ‘Third date’
Murderously simple thing
Murderously simple thing

“She rightly read the moment while I stumbled through a second-hand text.” – Jeanette Winterson   But second-hand texts lay…
By Carol D'Souza
April 5, 2021
Murderously simple thing