Mohini Awasthi

Mohini Awasthi, a 24-year-old poet from Lucknow, has completed her graduation and post-graduation from the University of Lucknow. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD in English from Indira Gandhi National Open University. In the poems, she attempts to capture the social sadness that the world has presented to her. She is on her way to understanding this world and its nuances. Her writings vent her bitter-sweet life.

January 13, 2024
Mohini Awasthi
Poem

A Spotlight on the Silent Language Within

Haunted by sorrow’s echo and solitude’s embrace, Mohini delves into life’s tapestry, questioning the threads of hardship woven into our journeys, only on Different Truths. Heart full of sorrow...

June 7, 2023
Mohini Awasthi
Poem

A Rainy Day

In this poem by Mohini, nature’s joy and sadness intertwine, embracing humanity — an exclusive for Different Truths. The leaves were all so gay, Dancing back and forth in...

February 23, 2023
Mohini Awasthi
Poem

The Wall

Here’s a melancholic evocative poem by Mohini– exclusively for Different Truths. Feelings weep through the Wall The rough, tough mighty Wall It is not going to crumble under your...

February 10, 2023
Mohini Awasthi
Poem

Standing Out

Here’s an evocative poem by Mohini for an infant to live life unconventionally – exclusively for Different Truths. Perhaps, to stand out You’ll have to live out, Out of...

January 19, 2023
Mohini Awasthi
Poem

Birds in Cages

A melancholic poem about a caged bird and its tormentor, by Mohini, exclusively for Different Truths. Don’t dwindle down that road Only the rare take it And I take...

January 7, 2023
Mohini Awasthi
Poem

The Right Time

A sad love poem about clubs, parties, a lover’s attention and departure by Mohini, exclusively for Different Truths. One day when I’m sick of the clubs, The blaring lights...

December 17, 2022
Mohini Awasthi
Poem

There Used to be a Person…

A melancholic poem about ageing – by Mohini, exclusively for Different Truths. There used to be a person Behind that wrinkly skin A spark, in place of that baggy...

November 30, 2022
Mohini Awasthi
Poem

A Father I Wanted …

A poem of longing for a father by Mohini, exclusively for Different Truths. A father I wanted A guardian brave and daunting Just like him, just like The one...

November 19, 2022
Mohini Awasthi
Poem

A Dark Evening

A pensive dark poem by Mohini – exclusively for Different Truths. When one leaf flutters, As if calling for another. The lamplight shines above one of the tufts, Warm...

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