Month: October 2021
Reaching Cennet: An Ode to Istanbul
Presenting – the latest in Reputation – Reaching Cennet: An Ode to Istanbul
Reaching Cennet: An Ode to Istanbul is an imitation of Ottoman Turkish poetry. The Turkish word – Cennet – means heaven or Elysium.
If you have visited Istanbul, the Queen of Cities, comment down below!
Never before on Earth, has such a heaven been made, O regal city of Istanbul!
What I would not give, What I would not sacrifice, for just one of thy holy stones,
To spend but one day, flowing, wandering in your beloved visage,
Floating among your sleek minarets, your beautiful mosques, and your giving heart, large,
I, weary traveller, have been searching, like the flowing, breathing Mediterranean to preserve thy life force, incessantly, for many a forlorn night,
For a beauty that could yet compare, for hospitality that could rival, yet none have besmirched thy light,
For even the falling, drowning tea leaves, seem to honour in thy name; yet I am standing still, waiting to be led into cennet,
For I have lamented desperately searching for my sentient origin, and now, my search itself has become my origin, with no remnants,
I have spent my days eternally searching for the one to guide me, alone in the company of longing, to spare me from the world’s thorns,
Laughing Roses have pricked me, and Fervent Nightingales wept for me; but now, like the Swaying Cypress, pointed flame reincarnate, incandescence is born,
My Eternal Lord and Saviour has come to grant the seventh heaven, like the reed pen illuminating the plains of love and life onto this Earth,
To save me from the inconstant, and in Istanbul, the seat of Sultans and Caliphates, shall I rejoice in my ceaseless mirth,
But now, only one last selfish request of mine remains, before I leave these worldly tethers,
I am Wounded, and Woe is Me, for this harsh Rosegarden world, tries, erodes, and weathers,
I am not the first, and I fear I will certainly not be the last, to be afflicted by this love, peerless and profound,
I pray, nay, I plead; and shall sacrifice all of Persia, to see Thy sign in doves from Thy world above, steadfastly homebound.
ANVI TUTEJA
Teaser: Reaching Cennet
Reaching Cennet: An Ode to Istanbul is an imitation of Ottoman Turkish poetry. The Turkish word – Cennet – means heaven or Elysium.
Never before on Earth, has such a heaven been made, O regal city of Istanbul!
What I would not give, What I would not sacrifice, for just one of thy holy stones,
ANVI TUTEJA
freedom
freedom is a lie
what does it mean
to be free?
for we are all meant to
find the thing we are meant to
do, in this life
in this plane of existence
you all at least owe me that much
after all the trysts, quests and
unyielding searches
do not i, too, deserve a chance
to live? live a life that is free
or at the very least – an imitation of freedom?
in these restless binds
here i lie chained
laying in waste in your controlling hate
i don’t even know
what you want from me
sometimes i just don’t understand
if i could ever live up to
your unreal domineering shadow
and i wish with all my heart
that my dreams, that my visions
remain forever mine
and true; for if real life fails me
yet again; i still have my reality
don’t they see that freedom
is just a lie; because like happiness
it’ll come to bite you back
pain has consumed them
loss has consumed you
fear once consumed me
but i’m done letting thralldom hold me back
i’ve got a new path – vengeance
call me misguided
call me a cheat
call me an outcast
but trust me, this is know is true
freedom is greater my own…
i wish i had just 20 seconds
of love/of light/of lapse
60 seconds, a mere minute, of life
ANVI TUTEJA
I Wish This Wasn’t The End…
Presenting – the tracklist for Reputation
Dear readers,
I understand that the plan for Reputation was unfortunately stalled for a few months – however, now, I assure you – Reputation is coming.
I would like to present the tracklist for Reputation, and more poems will be added soon!
1. Queen of Nowhere (Part I of the Queen series) 2. Stories 3. Strangers 4. Queen of Mean & Crumbling Utopia (Sequel to the unpublished Queen of Mean and unpublished Crumbling Utopia - both coming soon; Queen of Mean is part II of the Queen series and Crumbling Utopia is part III of the Utopia/Dystopia Series) 5. Masterpiece 6. Deal With Death I (Part I of Deal of Death Series) 7. Time Doesn't Only Heal Wounds... (Part I of the Time Causes Wounds 8. Tell Me What To Be 9. Drag In My Soul 10. Evly, The Evil Queen 11. As One Tends To Do (flash poetry) 12. Reaching Cennet: An Ode to Istanbul (teaser here) 13. Transcript 14. SEVEN TIMES: that's how many times i've fallen in love with you - OVER AGAIN (over again) - An Interlude 15. Auld Lang Syne
And that’s it for now. Reputation has come to a close.
Check out more about Reputation here: https://anvituteja.com/reputationtheseries/
Thank you,
Anvi Tuteja.
My Latest Book – Incandescence!
Dear readers,
I am elated to share with you all my latest poetic endeavour – my first published book, entitled Incandescence.
https://anvituteja.com/incandescence/
Incandescence is an anthology of poems that brings a fresh and new perspective to the realm of poetry. Incandescence symbolizes struggle and more importantly, overcoming that struggle to transcend barriers to become something truly incandescent.
Incandescence offers an unfiltered glimpse into the teenage psyche – the feeling of being overwhelmed, of wanting to be more, and the fear of being lost in the crowd of imitators.
Incandescence is a coping mechanism that offers a way to reimagine reality as we know it – all from the comfort of our own living room. With sections titled Rebellion, Emotion, Reflection, Reality Reimagined and Reputation – Incandescence has something for everybody.
Praise for Incandescence: Foreword by Nirupama Menon Rao (retired Indian diplomat, Foreign Secretary and Ambassador) "The impression I get from Anvi's poems is that she is a strong, independent and thinking poet! One who believes in herself, has a voice of her own and is prepared to take risks to set her own course in life! A rebel with a cause...at such a young age!!" - Prakash Jha (Renowned film producer, actor, director and screenwriter) - “Anvi is a very gifted young woman. Anvi’s poems are extremely soulful, yet innocent and filled with promise.” - Roshni Nadar Malhotra (CEO - HCL Corporation and Trustee - Shiv Nadar Foundation) - “Anvi displays a disproportionate amount of maturity and talent, and the free flow of thoughts that one reads in her poems assures us that she will continue and delight us with more sonnets yet to come.” - Zia Mody (Founder and Managing Partner – AZB & Partners) - "Anvi's work is striking with tones of rebellion and iconoclasm...and distinctly marked by a resolve to resist convention." - Arun M. Kumar (Chairman & CEO – KPMG in India) -
About Incandescence: The cards are on the table; you’re holding and I’m folding. I don’t want to play this game, but it doesn’t change the fact that I am. THEY know what I am. THEY know what I’ve done. BUT do they know who I am? Or do they see what everyone else sees? A broken enigmatist with nowhere to run? Well, if I can’t run, I’ll hide… this is the story of fourteen years and the fourteen months that changed it all Incandescence paints a picture of the teenage psyche – confused, alone and scared. It talks about being brilliant, beautiful and different by simply being yourself. By bringing together an anthology of poems, Incandescence embodies what it truly means to be human; what it means to feel scared; what it means to feel loved. And what it means to feel like you were meant for something more. Because you were. And you are. Relatable to all ages, all Incandescence needs is a cup of coffee, a reliable window seat and the will to imagine.
About The Author: Anvi Tuteja is a master mischief maker, secretly plotting world domination from her imaginary window seat in Gurgaon, India. She’s an aspirant philosopher, first-time author and a die-hard Potter Head. She sidelines as an Oracle of Prophesies, blogger at WordPress and her family’s self-appointed movie buff. Anvi has been reading and writing since she was three years old. For her, poetry is a coping mechanism, and in her words – one that doesn’t judge, doesn’t lie and doesn’t make you feel like you’re wrong for simply being the way you are. Anvi Tuteja is a bundle of contradictions – she reads, but binge-watches anything Marvel; she doesn’t have a social media presence, but she writes a secret diary; and she is a walking Shakespeare encyclopedia, but also a constant music streamer. In all her work, from her regular posts at her blogsite – http://www.anvituteja.com – to her TEDx talk about New Emerging Technologies – Anvi Tuteja does it all with heart, impatience and love.
Links to Incandescence:
NotionPress: https://notionpress.com/read/incandescence-1354820
Flipkart: https://dl.flipkart.com/s/kW7I3duuuN
Amazon (India): https://www.amazon.in/dp/1685234143
Amazon (USA): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1685234143
Amazon (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1685234143
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/anvituteja
Thank you, dear readers, for encouraging me to write more and more. Thank you for all your support (and patience!!) throughout the publishing of Incandescence.
I hope that you will remember my words, be inspired by my thoughts and laugh at my curiosity. On a closing curtain, I hope, if I am so lucky, that my poetry sneaks into a part of your heart and stays there.
Read a Teaser of the Book here…
Thoughts Caught 