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    Eclipse- A War of Words
    Eclipse- A War of Words
    Eclipse- A War of Words
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    Eclipse- A War of Words

    By Elancharan Gunasekaran

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    Eclipse- A War of Words, is the epitome of human madness, the rage and fires of war. The work puts together the words, feelings and fears of soldiers alive and fallen from battlefields to home. The trauma, the damage, the life-changing experience of war on one's psychological and personal wellbeing. Eclipse, transcends the body and mind, into a different plane of poetical experience; pushing the boundaries of standard poetry notions. War has ravaged humanity as far as we could go back into history, why are wars still being fought? Are wars necessary in this age of technological and social advancement? The collection explores the physical, mental and socio-cultural impacts of wars on our world. Wars are fought every single day. Between the mind and body. Between the soul and the unseen. Within the body, wars are taking place, between humans and relationships, wars are taking place. On the battlefield, with guns and bombs, wars are taking place. The writing of these words have started a war within me. Take my hand, flip the pages of this collection and follow me down the path of war, poems and stories. Are you ready to be eclipsed?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElancharan Gunasekaran
    Release dateSep 5, 2016
    ISBN9781370765362
    Eclipse- A War of Words
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    Elancharan Gunasekaran

    Elancharan Gunasekaran is a multidisciplinary artist and poet. He resides in Singapore with his family and cat, Leo. He has a strange love for all things poetical and Sci-Fi. A winner of the Montblanc X Esquire Six-word Story prize 2017. He is the creator of House Haiku, an experimental music series combining poetry and house music elements. Andromeda’s Alien, his first album is now represented by Red Claw Records (Germany). His latest publications are Superatomicluminal (Hesterglock Press, UK), Gods of The Gonzo (Analog Submission Press,UK), Sleeping with Wildflowers (Alien Buddha Press, Arizona/New York), The Cosmonaut Manifesto (UndergroundBooks, New York), Monochromatique (Queer Ink, India), Deviant Flames and Dark Revolver (Roman Books, UK/India). His poetry has been published worldwide, on various international print and online platforms. His books and performances have been featured at the New York City Poetry Festival, Rantai Arts Festival (Kuala Lumpur), Singapore International Festival of the Arts, Singapore Writers Festival, Poetry Festival Singapore, All In! Young Writers Festival Singapore and was a guest performer at the Travel Poetry Slam (Singapore). He writes on Twitter and Instagram: @elancharang. He is also editor of proletaria.org, an online journal devoted to one-line poems and statements inspired by politics, philosophy and phenomena.

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      Eclipse- A War of Words - Elancharan Gunasekaran

      Eclipse

      Page | 166

      ECLIPSE

      A War of Words

      By

      Elancharan Gunsekaran

      All rights reserved

      Copyright © 2016 Elancharan Gunasekaran

      Special Acknowledgement

      This literary work is dedicated to war heroes both living and dead. Soldiers, medics and brave hearts, who have stood on the frontlines of war. This is for the men and women, who have risked their everything to protect their family, friends and nation.

      Embrace It

      Blood everywhere.

      Torn bodies everywhere.

      Still I stand.

      Open Fire

      One command.

      Bullets rip the air.

      Death.

      Blazing Skies

      Not even the sun,

      could brighten the sky and

      gloom so many lives.

      Burnt Grass

      I lay still.

      The charred bodies piling on top of

      me.

      Reality Flare

      From everywhere they swarmed.

      An army of armed- ants.

      One hand lighted the flare

      while the other

      held on to my cross.

      Serpents and Rod

      Blood runs out.

      Life runs dry.

      Medics sit on the fence, reviving

      the damned.

      Letters for Tomorrow

      In silence,

      I write.

      Hoping words would reach

      my love,

      before my body does.

      Sirens of Sorrow

      Taking belongings,

      we run.

      Bombs drop,

      adding cries to siren winds.

      Hell Hounds

      A whiff.

      A taste,

      is all it needs.

      Chasing down the trails of

      lost souls.

      Pen to Paper

      All I could manage

      was just one word.

      Help.

      Reality Shift

      My world was calm.

      In 3 seconds,

      it became hell.

      Calm Shooter

      Odds against him.

      He fires,

      turning the odds of fate.

      Black March

      Boots crunch the soil,

      bringing the screams of

      fear.

      Flying Deaths

      Defeated in the air.

      Coffins come crashing

      down.

      Shockwave

      Eyes closed,

      the light seeped through.

      Blurring our visions

      as atomic winds swept in.

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