by Manisha Swain It is said that “The path from dreams to success does exist, but one needs to have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it.” It takes a lot of courage to pursue your dreams even when […]
Month: February 2022
Jacob’s Darkness
Cause everything bows to entropy, And to darkness, we all shall return. The sunshine within me’s extinguished. Lifeless cinders remain from the burn. In my quest to find the right answers, So like Jacob and his broken hip. Succour is a never-ending wound, Our relationship’s one of conflict. Placation […]
Titli
By Aadinath Sastry from Bhubaneswar, India
Slavic Countryside
To know that the mist would Rise from the dampened dirt In the strange garden of The dead, weighed down By tilted crosses under The dimly darkened sky The dead willow sheds No more tears against Ancient stones Her halo matches the mist A sad bold radiance over the […]
Self Victory
When the days are hard,It is important to guard our emotions and keep strong;It is tough to keep going when everything seems to be wrong,Especially when failure falls like a hailstorm on our part.The days and nights are nature’s mere art;The Sun and Moon perform the best-orchestrated song,Brightening the day […]
Poets Out of Service
Like a full-service gas station or postal service workers displaced, racing to Staples retail for employment against the rules of labor, poets are out of business nowadays, you know. Who carries a loose change in their pockets? Who tosses loose coins in their car ashtray anymore? iPhones, smartphones, life is […]
Your Plucky World
Straining made some sail from north to reach south, What if all they wanted was a treasure to be found in a Nutella bowl? Now that the ‘average’ has become the new definition of failure, Don’t know how many will serve under the deleterious! Because perspectives look always sublime […]
Our Last Chat
It often crosses my mind the last time we talked at the gate of the drive of his parents’ house a few doors up from mine a brief casual chat about the end of our schooldays and our hopes for college and our lives beyond. Eighteen! How callow we were, […]
Break the Cycle: Importance of Youth Participation in the Elections
by Maricel N. Castro Give me hope Jo’anna Hope Jo’anna Give me hope Jo’anna ‘Fore the morning comes Certainly, many youths nowadays already vibe this song and dance trend on the famous entertainment app Tiktok. The phrase abovementioned was part of the chorus of the 1988 hit song […]
A Very Familiar Me
Every now and then you have days, bathed in sunlight, When the sky says, “it is a brand new day, Wake up from your sleep and check it.” Why do I love it so much! I can’t really say and somehow I can find myself again. A very familiar me. […]