Mantis 21 (Summer 2023)
New Poetry

Ranjith Sivaraman


   Moments without You

Moments without you

Have cute little teeth,

And my heart still tender

My soul still wonders.

For every bite

A flower blooms,

A tear weeps

and rolls down fragrant,

I taste and my sigh

Flies into an afar sky.


RANJITH SIVARAMAN is a poet from Kerala, a beautiful state in India. His poems merge nature imagery, human emotions, and human psychology into a gorgeous tapestry. Sivaraman’s English poems are published in international literature magazines and journals from various locations like Alberta, Budapest, Essex, London, New York, Indiana, Lisbon, Colorado, California, and New Jersey, Tk’emlúpste Secwepemc, Kerala, Texas, Chennai & Toronto.His Poem “Shortest Distance” was released as a music video (https://youtu.be/qOLuHGiwNMU) in 2022. https://ranjithsivaraman.com