The Traveler Who Drank an Oasis

Ripples of Poetry with Every Heartbeat

Kartikey Grover

• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Year: 2025
• Print ISBN:
  9798385212859
  9798385212866
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9798385212873
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Poetry
• Index: Literature

For the poet, the true traveler is not the one who has walked the world, but the one who has walked far enough to hear their own racing heartbeat. The true traveler does not seek to quench the thirst from outside, but already has an oasis within. For the poet, this state of the traveler comes from experiencing the stories of happiness and pain and continuing walking even if it is a lonely walk. In such walks, what stays are the thoughts, which come as poems to the poet. The poems reflect the world as seen from the eyes of a wanderer who is following the directions of their heart. The poet relies heavily on personification of human emotions such as through a river flow or sometimes through the voices of the moon, sky, or a bird to bring out a desire for oneness in life. The poet's journey has polished their rusted heart and now their heartbeat, growing louder with every moment, helps them to communicate thoughts and seek resonance with the heartbeat in others. The poems invite the readers to plunge into this oasis and watch the sunrise together.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Short Notes
• The Letters Unsent
• Sunlight Love
• The Mirrors Stopped Reflecting
• Value of a Tear
• Voices of the Jungle
• With Your Face in My Eyes
• 5*4 = 20
• The Noble Soul of a Candle
• Lines
• Live Like Birds
• My Poetry Is Wandering Far, Far Away
• Is There a Pure Heart?
• A Little Push
• Do the Words Cry Also?
• Diving in a Teardrop of a Silent Face
• A Rude Day
• The Face Behind the Mirror
• When Did I See My Poetry Happy
• Whispers Between the Sun and the Moon
• Shadows of Sun’s Tears
• How Can You Not Fall in Love?
• Just Don’t Rub Your Eyes Away
• The Pressure on Words
• Silence Plays a Mystical Game
• A Melted Love
• Sometimes Poetry Takes Time
• A Moment Before a Smile Is to Be Seen
• If Her Each Hair Were a Wish
• Stillness of Water
• Reflections of a Poem
• She Always Understood Me
• Zero and Infinity
• Behind the Curtain
• A Poem That Ends Before It Begins
• A Repeating Voice
• An Evening Eighth Note
• When Smiles Combine
• Lucky Times
• A Laugh Torn in Your Voice
• Unequal Steps
• A Buried Poetry
• A Lemon Sea
• Knock of Words
• Is There a Bad Time for Poetry?
• If Each Drop Were a Word
• Sitting Around a Table
• A Poetic Maze
• Clap, Just Clap
• As I Play Just for Those Forgotten Moments of Smile
• Chairs Waiting for a Warmth
• A River Decided to Change Her Flow
• The Black Window Between Stations
• A Mermaid’s Beauty