Author Archives: Spriha Dharan

The Writer’s Struggle

I think that most writers can attest to the fact that the act of sitting down to write is no easy feat. On one hand, there is immense joy in creating something beautiful, and on the other, you are plagued with endless internal criticism and self-doubt. What if my writing is not good enough? WhatContinue reading “The Writer’s Struggle”

The Beautiful & Damned

F. Scott Fitzgerald I cannot precisely recall the moment I first decided to pick up this book. Perhaps I was driven by my urge to enter the rampant cynicism and alcoholism of the Jazz Age—prominent in all of Fitzgerald’s work. Or maybe, like all other pretentious literary nerds out there, I believed it held someContinue reading “The Beautiful & Damned”

Let Me Trace Your Heart

Let me trace your heartWith fingers that do not shakeI know your soul is fragileBut I promise it won’t break.Let me see your woundsLay them open and lay them bare…It’s been so long since poetry Has flowed from these lipsLet me share…Show me your ocean eyesAnd if they spiral or shatter like glassI’ll beg youContinue reading “Let Me Trace Your Heart”

Song of 3 Crows Excerpt-

This is an excerpt from a longer story I wrote as part of my senior capstone. I used a hybrid medium of prose, free-verse poetry, and art. I’ve attached 2 poems below: Monsoon.Shiva is dancing. His feet strike the gates of heavenAnd the earth shudders. Fear sizzles through my veinswhen i hear Her cry;in aContinue reading “Song of 3 Crows Excerpt-“

Remember: An excerpt

This is an Excerpt from a story I recently wrote. I appreciate all and any feedback. If you are interested in reading more, let me know because the plot certainly thickens… Remember In the house, there are ghosts. In the house of a body. In the house of a secret. In the house of aContinue reading “Remember: An excerpt”

Loving the Anti-Hero:

I still remember when I read Crime and Punishment for the first time, and discovered newfound empathy for someone who had committed a brutal act, both unacceptable and impermissible by society: murder. Fast forward on year later, and I sat down to watch YOU, a Netflix original series based on Caroline Kepler’s original novel. ItContinue reading “Loving the Anti-Hero:”

The Emperor of Gladness

“Because to remember is to fill the present with the past, which meant that the cost of remembering anything, anything at all, is life itself. We murder ourselves, he thought, by remembering” -Ocean Vuong, The Emperor of Gladness “The hardest thing in the world is to only live once,” Ocean Vuong writes. These opening linesContinue reading “The Emperor of Gladness”

I don’t tell myself ‘I love you…’

I don’t tell myself ‘i love you”I let the sun caramelize my skinI watch the ocean lazily traceAll of the places that I’ve beenI bury my toes in ancient soilLift my head to an indigo skyI am buoyed by the silenceAnd the absence of so-called time.I’ll make myself a picnic:strawberries and a cup of chai;fallContinue reading “I don’t tell myself ‘I love you…’”