busyThe khazal form in which I write much of my desert poetry was inspired loosely by ghazals. For an example, see "The Pear Gate."
The kavita form, which I designed for writing "The Janardanakavita," was inspired by the shloka form used in the Mahābhārata and many other Indian epics. Because English has a very different structure than Hindi, I took some features from the shloka and some from heroic couplets and other sources, to create a form that would carry hints of the classic Indian flavor yet still work gracefully in English.
