Spoken Word Poetry – Automatic (YouTube channel)

This poem is about how I find myself connected to the outside world & so called reality through my experiences & the inner battles.

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You can also find ‘Automatic’ in my poetry collection – Lightning Rhymes.

Thank you very much for listening to me…Much love ✨❤💫


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If I could be a feeling… (a poetic collaboration by Kriti Nayyar & Navin Manik)

I’m sharing this special moment with you all…a moment in the form of this collab…a collab with this beautiful soul, that goes by the name of Kriti @kriti.nayyar…Kriti is a self-love writer & a true warrior…she’s a wonderful, a very helpful person & a dear friend on top…her writings are not only beautiful, deep & meaningful but they also are filled with her learnings & wisdom…please do visit her page on Instagram to read her poetry…Kriti would soon be joining the WordPress community…so that’s simply great…

Kriti came up with this idea of writing on ‘If I could be a feeling…’…I liked the idea instantly…she then suggested that we must write our individual parts, without sharing them with each other…I loved the idea coz it would mean, that we would express from our hearts in our own ways…at the same time, it made us curious coz we wanted to see how our parts would sound with that feeling of one piece…we didn’t swap our writings back n forth at all…so, it’s a collab of a unique kind…where there’s synchronicity & there are similarities, expressed in different styles…where there’s glimpse of our paths, seen from our sight…it’s like reaching the destination through different & yet similar paths at deeper level…so without any further ado, I’m presenting this collab…I hope you’d enjoy reading & connecting with it as much as we did creating it ✨💟💫

If I could be a feeling…

Transparency I would surely be & shine
It is what I sense instantly
When I close my big brown eyes
There’s no point in wearing an armour
And carrying a sword to slice
Wounds & scars I now wear
As the starry medals with pure pride
The ocean gyres peacefully in me
I float in it & then I simply dive
The sky exists deep within
I fall from there & roar as I freely fly
Pain & love sit quite close to each other
Is what I ve realized
Perfectly imperfect is magical
From higher perspective of this life
This feeling makes me embrace
The sharp & restless edges of mine
There’s no need to look outside
Coz the raw nature is truly inside
Selfless self-love brings me closer to me & you,
It’s love for the very I

-Navin Manik

If I could be a feeling…


What would I be?
My heart says, “Love you fool”
And I am nodding happily
But then I know
Love loses its charm without trust
So should I be trust?
Yes, that I can be but
Trust is a two way road
There is no point in being someone’s trust
And not having theirs for you!
Then what should I be?
Forgiveness may be
Ofcourse we all need and deserve it
To free ourselves and others from guilt
But again what if I forgive
And the other is not ready to forgive themselves
As it is an inside job too!
So, if I could be a feeling what would I be?
And in this very moment I know the answer
I would be kindness!
Why? Because in my life I have been unkind
And I have also tasted the thorns of unkindness
And ouch! they leave marks like none!
There were times when I wished and begged for it
But then I have also seen kindness
Heard kindness, felt kindness, lived kindness
And it made me more kind in return
There is no wound that this magic potion cannot heal
One may forget your love for them
But one always remembers
Your kind word /gesture when it was needed the most
This is one feeling that is always a one way road
It depends on you and you alone
So, if I could be anything
I would like to be kind!

– Kriti Nayyar

You’re also welcome to read the original post, that’s published on Instagram.

Spoken Word Poetry :- Darkness – The Intense Light (YouTube channel)

To me both darkness & light are like yin & yang; powerful in their own ways. Darkness has normally been seen as something negative. But in reality, it has its own intense light if one sees it with an open heart. Light & dark are zen-masters of unique kinds.

You can also find ‘Darkness – The Intense Light’ in my poetry collection – Lightning Rhymes.

Thank you very much for listening to me…Much love 🖤✨🤍💫


To order my poetry book – Lightning Rhymes, please click here

Do check out my Publications page.

You may also follow @navinspoetry_ on Instagram

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Universal Key

Dear all,

As most of you already know that I’m recovering from a knee surgery & that’s why I haven’t been checking your posts as often as I normally do…so please bear with me if I haven’t read your writing, sharing or any other form of art…and it’ll take some more time coz I’m still resting & recovering…there’s some good progress though…I’m able to ‘walk’ with one crutch now…didn’t know the metal clips that are stapled to join the skin would pain so much…but M&M is helping me a lot…Morphine & Mindfulness 😵‍💫

I would also like to thank you all for your kind, lovely & heart warming messages / wishes…they mean a lot to me 🙏✨💟💫

I’m sharing with you all my new poem, I hope you’d enjoy it 💫


We come & we go
We’ve been tamed & we’ve been told
The achievements & the goals
The professions & the posts
The acts & the roles
The status & the ego
The competition & the course
The character’s worth in 24 carat gold
One to ten is the scale we tip-toe
The label filled world is the norm
Where freedom means to control

If you listen & obey, then you’re lovely & so cool
The slippery layer of soap on your whole
If you listen & oppose, then no manners & too bold
The wounded surface is sored with some salt
The grainy film of judgment is projected in slo-mo
The fashion to wear mirrored goggles of G chrome
Where pretenders presenting the copied as their own
Pasting different quotes from dusk to dawn
Without absorbing the meaning to the core
AI is generating paintings & poems as original
And humans are acting as cultured robots

Aren’t we forgetting something in this all?
Where is the heart that’s filled with self-love?
Where is the spiritual energy & its glow?
Where is the fluidity & its flow?
Where is the present in the now?
Where is the real in its naked & raw form?
Where is the beat of the beautiful song?
Where is the dream & the hope?
Where is the courage to meet the unknown?
Where is the fire that fuels the soul?
Unlock the doors with universal key of love so pure


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©2023 Navin’s Poetry & Photo. All rights reserved.


Lightning Rhymes Review by Maggie Watson

So here I am once again sharing my joy in the form of these slides
This time it’s Maggie Watson, who has blessed me with her words so kind
My gratitude to Maggie for not only buying a copy of my book – Lightning Rhymes
But also leaving this wonderful review with the starry shine

Maggie is an Indie Poet & Author from Scotland…You can enjoy Maggie’s beautiful, deep & meaningful poetry by following her blog: In the Shadow of my Pen.

For those of you, who are on Instagram, click this link to read this wonderful review over there.

You must know that I’m grateful to each & every one of you…for your wonderful support…for your unconditional love towards my poetry…every drop (read, like, comment, connect) matters…

Lightning Rhymes isn’t just a collection of my poetry…it is my life that I share in a poetic form…

I would only humbly ask you to buy my book if you like what I write…if you connect with my rhymes…Lightning Rhymes is available in both paperback & eBook editions…


To order my poetry book – Lightning Rhymes, please click here

Check out my new YouTube channel

You may also follow @navinspoetry_ on Instagram.

©2023 Navin’s Poetry & Photo. All rights reserved.


Welcome to Navin’s Poetry YouTube channel

Dear all,

While I was resting & recovering, a thought appeared in me with some intensity…I listened to it quite carefully…the result is this YouTube channel that you see…I’m still recovering slowly…so I’ll be reading your poetry at a different pace until I’m Top of the Pops…but how can I be away from poetry when it means more than writing to me…so here I am sharing my YouTube channel’s intro video

I’ve created this space, where I would mostly share my spoken word poetry…this YouTube channel is an extension, where anyone can watch my videos, listen to my spoken word & read my lines without being on WP / IG…endless space is the limit…

I’ve been blessed with your amazing support & love towards my poetry…which I truly appreciate coz it means a lot to me…I hope you would keep blessing me with your presence…please do visit & subscribe to my channel if you enjoy what I create…and please do help me in spreading the word…

You can easily find me on YouTube…type “navinspoetry” & hit enter…or click on this Link…I’ve updated my Links page as well…Thank you ✨🖤💫🤍


To order my poetry book – Lightning Rhymes, please click here

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©2023 Navin’s Poetry & Photo. All rights reserved.


The Artist & The Art

I’m here to appreciate the artist & the art
To honour the talent & to honour the spark
The joy, the pain & those precious wisdom drops
The words, the voice, the choice, the colours & other forms
The expressions, the imagery, the music & the dance
A blessing to connect with the beings in the skyline path

I’m here to share my poetry I chisel & carve
Experience, realization or just a simple thought
The deep ocean & the wildfire in the chambers of my eyes
The unknown, the known, the light & the dark
The memories, the moments, the wounds & the scars
Poem is me, I’ll express it till the day I’m gone

Living one moment, even or evenly odd
The graphical representation of my BMS chart
Body, Mind & Soul balance subpar or at par
Algorithm that I follow with the senses so raw
All good rhythm if we listen mindfully from the heart
Wishes & love from me to you all ✨❤️💫


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©2023 Navin’s Poetry & Photo. All rights reserved.


Lightning Rhymes Review by Rimpledeep Kaur

Today I’m sharing this wonderful & heartfelt review of Lightning Rhymes by Rimpledeep Kaur @rimple.deep from Instagram world…Rimple is an amazing poet…her writings are beautiful, spiritual & they make one look deeper into oneself…she has also published her very first poetry collection, The Universe In You.

Rimple’s beautiful words have my heart…my utmost gratitude to you, Rimple…not only am I honoured but also I’m deeply touched 🙏✨💟💫

I’m grateful to each & every one of you…for your wonderful support…for your unconditional love towards my poetry…you guys have always blessed me with your amazing comments / reflections…

I would only humbly ask you to buy my book if you connect with my rhymes…it’s available in both paperback & eBook editions…

To order my poetry book – Lightning Rhymes, please click here


Do check out my Publications page.

You may also follow @navinspoetry_ on Instagram.


Formless Trees

I’m gliding high with colourful birds on either side
Freestyling on the fly with my broadened wing size
Airing natural rhymes in an infinitely open sky
Holding ball of fire with calmness in my fluid eyes
Beaming rays of light through the shiny translucent blinds

Bleeding diamonds once felt like the breaking point
Shockwave was running into me when I was paralyzed
Countless spots in my shell suffocated me numerous times
Realized one day that steep falls were designed to slowly rise
I’m able to see that patterns & forms aren’t the real I

The gorgeous beauty of the moon in the magical night
Walking on partly visible path in the now is pure enlightenment
The spiritual energy is creating the magnetic ocean tides
Unknown depths I’m reaching when I tune in to inner shine
The new sides I’m sensing when I keep redying to be alive

Transforming cutthroat screams to the meaningful voice
Sanding inner wall that was clayed with layered noise
Dissolving deeper scars with the mindful sacred silence
Blowing on greyish site to ignite sparks of life
Manifesting formless trees on the naked & barren soil


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©2023 Navin’s Poetry & Photo. All rights reserved.


Spoken Word – The demons in me

You can find this poem in my book – Lightning Rhymes

The demons in me (edited version)

The demons in me
are screaming and dancing
making me restless

The demons in me
are whispering and laughing
making me nervous

The demons in me
are twisting and turning
not letting me breathe

The demons in me
are nesting inside me
trying to break me in pieces

The demons in me
are simply reflections
my own interpretations

The demons in me
I recognize them now
so I let them stay
without giving attention

The demons in me
are Control, Ego and Pain-body
nobody but me can set them free

The demons in me
wish to open my Heart
so I let my Self leave
to be the very Being


To order my poetry book – Lightning Rhymes, please click here

Do check out my Publications page.

You may also follow @navinspoetry_ on Instagram.


Spoken Word Videos

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