By Terence Wynne from Camillus, NY, USA
Month: September 2021
My Spirit Drowned
The day grows old Along with me As I sit and stare randomly At those sitting or standing For their turn Looking around I perceive Not, a radiant smile on any face All look tired and strained Perplexed at what the future Holds in store I heave a sigh […]
Humming Bird
by Anusha from Walterboro, SC, US
Blur
by Sanjaya Mishra The old man, reclining on a cot in the veranda, was the only witness to it, other than me on that early summer day. The noon sun was blazing and the heat was searing enough to impel people to be inside. Yet, many of the village folks […]
Relationship
We were not related by blood We had a special bond I looked at him shyly with love All he did was to respond The chemistry was working Developing into romance We tied the knot and formed a new Relationship by design and chance But the food of […]
Cooler Heads Prevailed
by Peter Kleinman from New York City, USA
A Golden Grain of Rice
I was once asked, for a price of a golden grain of rice by a man, whom I consider wise That took me a long time to cognize. My response might not have been wise. On the value of a golden grain of rice Reflecting on the thoughts that […]
A Love Quest
I know Like me, You are rooted In your terrain You can never Be mine Yet For you I pine I wish to be Transplanted Aspire to feel Wanted In reality I am grounded In spirit I keep wandering Haunted ~Sudha Dixit Bangalore, India
The Irate Lapdog
by Shobha Diwakar Oops! What did I write? Lapdog, really, oh! Yes, now I realize… I meant laptop. Then why does the title read, Lapdog? Well, you see, both begin with the initial, same alphas L A P meaning Lap, besides Dog and Top… both words share three letters. Yes… […]
Upon Departure
Feelings overwhelming and sensory Mind fills with soothing memory Joy is not joyful if it lacks presence Flowers bloom, wane without fragrance Like a bug chews a tender leaf Sight of a damsel would deceive Pinching thigh skin comes to sense Flashback-clouds and fog so dense Heart would […]