The Pauper and his Princess
Here’s a poignant ballad from Padmini. She weaves an enchanting story. He was a trash picker, a vagabond That came to pick pieces at odd hours One day his...
Anthology of Nonsense Verse
The Significant League (TSL) and Different Truths (DT) together offer nonsense verse, 73 limericks, and nine other poems, one be each poet, featuring 82 poets. This anthology of the TSL has...
Rhapsodies to the City of Joy by a Kolkataphile
Kolkata breathes life. In its many shades and hues, its agonies and ecstasies, it is the identity of a Kolkataphile, Anindita. Here, in a personal account, she pays tribute to...
Bird Watching
An avid bird watcher, Mamta, takes us through the joys of bird watching in this beautiful poem and excellent photographs. An addiction is just that, an addiction and, then...
Few Old Men
Craftiness and nastiness of some old men become folklore among others. Arindam profiles a few old men, known for their bojjathi, in a lighter vein. No offence meant to anyone,...
Sensual Mysticism of Anca Challenges the World
James delves into the creative world of the artist-poet, Anca Mihaela Bruma, a Romanian gymnast of yesteryears, who teaches business studies in Dubai. A global citizen, who stayed in four continents,...
Bare Face
A bold and stark poem by Tatjana I’ve been sick since the very start, I don’t care up to the very end of the game. They lost it. What...
Gnostic Sagacity
In this poem, Anca transcends her smaller self to realise her larger self. She moves from the person she is to the truth she seeks. I am the seeker of...
Of a cat, a dog and two Children
In this nonsense verse, Sukanya talks of a cat, a dog and two children. In a town in Texas where the cactus grow wild there lived in that house...
The Bard and the Baul
Madhumita translates a poem of Tagore, whom she calls, Baul. She quotes a few sonnets of Shakespeare, who is better known as the Bard. Separated by continents and centuries, the...