Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

The Paradoxical Paradise

Sparsh Paul is a poet, writer and bedroom musician based in New Delhi, India. He actively immerses himself in the practice of shinrin-yoku, and is a hobbyist bird photographer.

The Paradoxical Paradise

I thought I'll write,
and push the prison of pain away.
But here I am stuck in this poetic paradox,
suffering this sweet sorrow,
with pricks from the past still pinching me.
And now I feel the tautology's taste literally.
Redundant life, a dead corpse.







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