Joint Poetry by Venkataraman L.N. and Joseph Kurian
January 16, 2023
Pinching Crabs
January 14, 2023
Long mile return revisited
6 of 10 in the ‘Brittle 23’ series from Jemverse
Watching winter setting sun on the beach from the long mile A perfect ending to the day I stayed there for quite a while An ebbing tide, a lapping sea with gold reflected there On the long mile I breathed my thanks for all this in a prayer
December 19, 2022
Of an evening (revisited)
8 of 12 in ‘The Of…’ series from Jemverse 2022

Of an evening spent down by the sea with waves lapping there quietly I’ll let the silence encapsulate me At the end of a wonderful day Of an evening with the sky painted pink as my toes in the sand slowly sink I have time to ponder and think At the end of a wonderful day
November 16, 2022
Exuberance of cheer
Sunshine returned, it's cooler now but the beach beckoned silent to me and I heard its voice and quickened to that with a wander down to the sea Catching again the glimmer out there as the sun on the water it shone reminded me that these moments in time need capturing lest they are gone
November 14, 2022
A bonus sunrise
October 7, 2022
Sea Watch (reprise)
4 of 12 in ‘The Fading Days’ series from Jemverse
I watched the sea, it did me proud I smiled at it and laughed out loud The waves they roared, I roared right back As I wasn’t having any of that Alone on the stone with sun and spray On a fine and perfect Autumn day On the shoreline with the crashing sounds That filled the air and shook the ground
September 2, 2022
Something about
August 30, 2022
Wavefall
August 14, 2022
Two Dodoitsus (II – Sunday)
August 8, 2022
Seagulls on the wing
August 6, 2022
Encore
August 5, 2022
Stiff upper lips
Sitting on a windy beach, the sky's a leaden grey down here at the beach hut for a family day today It's a pity that the sunshine didn't wear its hat again But then this windy weather suggests coming of some rain And that won't dampen spirits, we'll still have a lovely time Cos it's all about the company in wind or rain or shine
July 13, 2022
At the eve III (part 3)
3 of 12 in the Jemverse summer 22 series ‘Melting Days’
At the eve of this day I will dip my toes in cooling waters and there will be the lap of an ebbing tide and the taste of salt on my lips and there I will find peace
July 1, 2022
One XI
11 of 12 in the ’12 months V’ series from Jemverse
With 'Dog Days' just beginning July the first is here for long hot days of summer the ones I most revere A child of summer born and bred these are the days for me getting browner in the sunshine on the beach beside the sea
June 29, 2022
The Gut
June 18, 2022
Born to the sun VI
Born to the sun and born to a beach which I'm going to now 'cos it's in easy reach and today is my birthday and I'm sixty-three so a day in the sun makes good sense to me I'll be there with the Beans so it will be the best for good conversation, some laughs and the rest and this evening much later to Brighton we'll go for a meal and some beers to conclude the show
May 22, 2022
Beaches
Looking out 'cross windswept beaches though this one's far from home a familiar feeling warms me from all the views I've known For here I'm in my element close to the sea, my heart a synergy that's part of me and has been from the start
May 19, 2022
Sandcastle
We made the best sandcastle that a beach has ever seen it took us several hours to make a mark where we had been Little children paused to stare and admire it with a smile for it was truly massive and took all of us a while
May 16, 2022
Camber Sands
March 29, 2022
Back again
I'm down at the beach hut it needs no explaining making the most of the sun still remaining the locks were quite stiff from the salt and the rain but they loosened at last so it's open again
March 8, 2022
When it’s found
February 3, 2022
Of fortune and privilege
A horse wandered slow on the golden foreshore as the sun diamonds shone on the sea and high on the shingle the wolf wagged his tail with my two daughters and me Eastward we wandered this vista beside our fortune and privilege known a walk on the beach in winter sunshine here in Sussex this place that is home
January 29, 2022
Morning Dawning
January 24, 2022
Me by the sea
Gold on water evening time on the beach into sublime Westward walking all this mine In Sussex by the sea Sea air salty winter clime far out there horizon line evening shadows intertwine In Sussex by the sea All these wonders help define the sea in me this storyline of beaches with the weather fine In Sussex by the sea
January 23, 2022
Contentment II

Caught a sunset to die for on the beach in the gold just there in time in the afternoon cold and down on the shoreline where the waves meet the sand just down from the shingle took in this view grand And breathing in deep the fresh salty air I knew perfect the privilege I had to be there For this was a moment to seize for the day and know a contentment in every way
January 22, 2022
Mist walking
Found myself walking along the Broadwalk heading into the mist the sunshine was there above me somewhere as the sky and the shingle there kissed Ethereal silence descended as I strode eastward along on my walk giving passers by room as they grew from the gloom with whispers there as they talked and it was cathartic and pleasant for me with barely a ripple of breeze winter cold still but healing the ill as I wandered close there to the sea
January 15, 2022
Delight
Bleak this green into the grey a salt-laced winter wind from a prevailing westerly full in the face that grinned and shivering at the whitened shore to far horizon seen the figure hunched to winter cold knows full where he has been
December 27, 2021