A delicious, juicy poem by Nayli Nasran about taking a chance on the unknown for the sake of the sweetness it might offer.

Illustration by Shanita Lyn Kumar.

A beautiful, moving poem about longing, unfulfilled desire and passion by Rachel Morais.

Illustration by Shanita Lyn Kumar.

BRAZEN recommends this beautiful article from Brain Pickings, which celebrates E.E. Cummings’ timeless and inspiring advice to young poets.

Illustration from Enormous Smallness by Matthew Burgess via Brain Pickings.

BRAZEN recommends the album trailer for MARINA’s album Love + Fear, in which she recites lyrics from her own songs to moving and poetic effect.

BRAZEN sits down with Vix Chandra — otherwise known as Sayla, or one half of Dose Two — to chat about change, creativity, authenticity, fatherhood and his latest album.

Interview by Shanita Lyn.

“You merely exist in the compromised present— your future so small that it’s hardly worth your time in effort, your past, a wide ocean of regrets. You look forward to your past with ‘what could have been’ lenses. Your time… is limiting.”

A prose poetry piece on transcending limitations, written by Selva Kumar.