Guided by her not knowing she is blind Singing to her not knowing she is deaf Texting to her not knowing I am blocked Still in love not knowing she is no more I am bliss eternal. […]
Month: September 2020
A Walk Along the Autumn Road
Did you take a walk along the road where Autumn is unfurling it’s exquisite beauty? Perhaps in an evening, radiant with flames of vibrant foliage and eyes enthralled with alluring vividness, your breaths fragrances with jasmine floating in brisk air and the heart singing the ballad of enchantment. Did […]
O My Love
O my love! Where have you been? I imagine you day and night With the burning flame of shine, Spring has come again With the smell of thine, My hands shake at times When I touch the bottle of wine, I imagine you day and night Holding the glass of […]
QUESTIONS TO THE GOD MEN
WHY AREN’T THERE, YOUR VOCIFEROUS ‘HEALING BY PRAYER’ CONVENTIONS? SO VOCIFEROUS? THAT REVERBERATED IN THE AIR? THAT ONCE RESOUNDED IN THE AIR?. WHERE ARE NOW, THOSE FERVENT LISTENERS, GONE? GATHERED IN DROVES, AS LISTENERS, GONE? THEIR HAND-CLAPS THUNDERING IN THE AIR, GONE? AS IF A SALVO OF EXPLOSIONS IN THE […]
The Golden Goose
by Shobha Diwakar Once upon a time, there was a poor man who possessed a golden goose. Surely, everyone has read that story in his / her childhood and enjoyed it. Remember how that pretty goose laid one golden egg daily, which brought the man some money. Tired of getting […]
Happy Teachers Day
By Aadinath Sastry from Bhubaneswar, India
Closure
How do closures descend upon us? Does it sneak into the dollops of our fat-free ice-cream, unannounced? Does it catch us off guard, like a slithering serpent- patiently waiting to launch an ambush attack? What triggers the alarm? Who calls the shots? Is it a ceremonial spectacle to usher in […]
If Your God Is The Only God…
You free or you locked? Why don’t you ask him And shout out loud, say you’re screwed Raise you heads, bow them down Light candles and circumabulate around Throw flowers, sing your chords out Bend on those knees, bow to the ground You said your’s is the ONE, The ONE […]
I am a Woman
I am a woman I know I’m worthy I am an educator I’m a progressive part of society. I am a woman Confident, independent and God-fearing I must be healthy to earn for a living And for my family, I’m happy I’m helping. I am a woman Indestructible […]
In The Denial Of Reality
Sometimes we live in the virtual and imaginative life Which is away from harsh reality of strife We live in the denial of reality And make ourselves competent of paying penalty. We think of ourselves as superior And call others timid and inferior Forgetting about the change of season […]