Month: February 2023

Poetry

Frosty Night

On a snowy night In a mid of black forest Standing beneath a sky, full of stars Moon is coming near and nearer to me like miseries But alone at frosty night I’m standing behind a cottage Near a lake Waiting for a long time To hear his voice To […]

Poetry

Death Too Wears a Mask

Dear Covid-19, thank you for your message. You sure know how to make an entrance. I can see why you would jump, From a wild animal – to a host as abundant as us. But it’s still hard to believe, That we offered ourselves to you So easily.     […]

Poetry

लो आया बसंत

लो बसंत आ ही गया धरती ने किया ऋंगार वनों में फूल पलाश के काँचनार प्रतीक हैं प्यार! सुमन बावले बबूल के वसंत बयार ताल रेशम के अर्धस्फुट काँपती कली पत्तों बीच समर्पित अलि! राग बहार कोयल की कूक पपीहा बोले पीयू पीयू नवेली पवन भीनी सुगंध मन हुआ विभोर मातमान्ध!                                                              ~Shreya Verma Rodricks Hyderabad, India

Poetry

जो हुकुम मेरे आका!

तेरे पदचाप की आहट भर से, वो धम-धम  की गर्जनाकर से मेरे मन का गिरजाघर बिखर ,डर   से सिहर सा जाता हूँ  मैं, कीतेरे होने के एहसास भर से धक सा सहम जाता हूँ मैं ,तेरी मौजूदगी में अपने वजूद को ही नकार, मैं कलाकार -बेकार,अपनी हस्ती का  लोक -हंसी की […]

Poetry

I Am Thankful

I am thankful for my family and my friends I am happy  as attend social evening and teas. I have worked through the strength of my body, I have had trouble of mine but today is fine Life is filled with many thanks and is a game Life is filled with […]

Fiction

The Greatest Doorman in Town

by Terry Wynne Harry finally got a call for a job. His white-collar network was tattered and frayed, but his blue-collar friends on the softball team had some ideas. Only the strong survive in Brooklyn – these guys had it in their blood. “Think you could be a doorman?” said […]

Poetry

For Sale: 46 Country Lane

She stood hobbled and windswept in the field.                                        A small farmhouse whose facade, though aged,                                 […]

Fiction

The Adventures of Suman

by Madhavi Hadker Suman was only two years old when she lost her mother. Since her father had a busy schedule working on a ship for at least six to nine months, he decided to re-marry. However, Suman’s stepmother was very strict and made the girl work extremely hard. By […]

Poetry

Thoughts

I am good for nothing Sitting and havering Deep thought in mind At midnight Striking hard at my mind Unable to sleep at night                                                     […]