Happy is Inezgane! I could be content To transact all the commerce of my life in no other place than here; To eat with hearty appetite and never care For the price, for people who circle my low table to share my tagine. Yet I do sometimes feel a faint […]
Month: June 2021
Doorway
Doorways are now ancient history, and I wish you are here with me. There it is like yesterday, the night sky displays ink spread, something distant in exchange. Each day, morning sun spills on our skin, winds descend on our veins and arteries. Just when you pick […]
Unwelcomed Quest
She walks through the rough road Aimlessly, endlessly. Sadness echoed her ears As tiny droplets rolls of her cheeks Her wrinkled face told many stories. But happiness polish her pace Euphoric mask stick to her soul, Where she is trapped in darkness Leaning on the tree She waited […]
My Dear Students
Fate brought us together Today as a teacher and learner Doesn’t mean I know everything And you know nothing Everything is hidden in you I am here to take you through Listen me while following the path Let’s trust each other with faith I may shout at you My hand […]
The Swimmer
Oh, how he had fallen off the boat years before into that vast sea of chaos miles and miles from the shore. Sink or swim don’t they say? Well he chose to swim and swam and swam until the sea which would swallow him now buoyed him and so became […]
Heal the World
Crises in the city, villages, and towns As if the earth has crumbled down And the most trusted God has lost its hope Leaving the world for themselves to cope Fighting with the tiny and invisible Winning the fight looks impossible Hues and cries are the songs of the […]
Beleaguered Father
He has been in an ordeal but he doesn’t tell. I gaze at him regularly and try to penetrate his mind but I am not allowed inside. People say he is a taciturn so he never shares anything with anyone but I can see his earnest eyes crying . […]
Modak Ganesha
By Aadinath Sastry from Bhubaneswar, India
Human Beings
The craziest creature of almighty creator meandering baffled and puzzled being materialistic with different and complicated minds yet same statue of undefined jealousy and hatred tackle the world in their order being the god with dual faces and attitudes ruin everything living meaningless lives for 5-minute fame roam around being […]
Green-Grass-Grandeur
Psychedelic, vibrant nature With comely, tall, green trees I love wafting through leaves The fragrant, whispering breeze The bushes and the pigmy plants Enticing the birds and butterflies As far as my vision goes, I see Beauty with grandeur vies The magic lies in the tiny grass Shining […]