Dheepa R. Maturi

Poetry

"Outlanders"

"Fed"

"Alaap"

"A Thread"

"The Ancient Dance: A Ghazal"

"The Ancient Dance: A Ghazal"

"Lucky"

"Projection"

"Playing in the Palloo"

"Playing in the Palloo"

"Licking the Page"

"Licking the Page"

"Defy"

"Iphigenia"

"Gathering"

"Rupture"

"Tender: a Haiku"

"Tender: a Haiku"

"Namaste"

"Judgment"

Essays

"The Best of Me: Letter Writing in the Modern World"

"The Best of Me: Letter Writing in the Modern World"

"(Motor) Home"

"Watching Where I Step"

"Watching Where I Step"

"Random Acts of Fruit Cutting"

"Random Acts of Fruit Cutting"

"Hands Open"

"A Courtyard in Queens"

"A Courtyard in Queens"

"Submitting"

"Flight"

"Sedona"

"Review: The Story I Tell Myself About Myself"

"Review: The Story I Tell Myself About Myself"

"Review: Karma"

"Review: Karma"

"Unfurling"

Blog

A Year-end Message

Two Lifelines

Kolam and Country: the art of welcome in modern America

Coming to Order: a Mother, a Daughter, and an Illness

Braiding: a Caregiving Detour

I Love You to the Moon and Back

Shout, Resist, Witness: the Power of Poetry

Breakage and Beauty: reconciling history and hope

Honor thy Mother(hood)

Embracing the Virus

Finding Clarity: a Tribute to Ghee

Moment by Moment

Taking Note

By the Book: when the facts obscure the truth

The Winter of the Great-Grandmother

Postcards from the Edge: a delivery from the universe

Attention in the Kitchen

Hello, I Am an Artist

Pieces of Light: finding meaning & humanity in a complicated world

Why I Write →

Publications →