New Poetry by Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad

What remains

All that’s left of the fallen—

a fan of feathers in the grip

of warring winds     plumage splayed 

on rain-licked asphalt.

Winter hours bleed

benign shadows—

the swoosh of tyres pulsing amidst

the steady strobe 

of amber     red     green.

A world on wheels thunders

puckering a pool of gems around 

an erased carcass

and water, like a final rite

weaves a weeping wreath—

an afterthought—

dewy diamonds

liquid flowers.

- © Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad 2023

Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad is an Indian-Australian artist and poet. Her works have been published in Cordite Poetry Review, Black Bough Poetry, Eunoia Review, and Bracken Magazine, among others. She was nominated for the 2022 Pushcart Prize and nine times for the Best of the Net. She lives and works in Lindfield, on traditional Gammeragal land.