Month: September 2021

Poetry

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 […]

Fiction

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 […]

Poetry

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 […]

Poetry

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 […]

Poetry

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

Articles

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… […]

Poetry

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 […]