• July 15, 2016
  • Mamta Joshi

The Litany of Violence

The recent senseless killings, a terror attack, in the French Riviera (Nice) has appalled people around the globe. Mamta recounts the savage violence in verse.    In another Continent Like a leitmotif...
  • July 14, 2016
  • Farah Siddiqui M

Child Molestation

Here’s a protest poem by Farah against child molestation. Oh Lord! Is this the World that you created? Where you yourself are not safe Where inoffensive offspring are markedly...
  • July 11, 2016
  • Lily Swarn

Golden Staircase

An enigmatic poem from Lily that weaves magic with potent metaphors. Threads of live electric currents Raw and potent Throbbing with charges Penetrating persistently Into magical realms of eternity...
  • July 10, 2016
  • Deeya Bhattacharya

Summer of Pain

An evocative prose poem by Deeya that talk of seasons, a seaside resort and more.     Summer is at the helm of affairs, glistening beads of sweat wrap...
  • July 9, 2016
  • Joyce Yarrow

Dialog with a Cave Woman

An enigmatic poem where Joyce travels through time as two women, a mask and a person, talk. I see your fierce face peering out from behind an African mask in...
  • July 8, 2016
  • Lily Swarn

Father Time

Life braids laughter and sorrow. A poignant and soulful poem from Lily. Vivacious whoops of laughter Swept him off his feet Full throttle bliss overload Never augured good! Don’t...
  • July 4, 2016
  • Joyce Yarrow

The Detective and the Poet

The mystery writer and the poet in Joyce tells us what’s the brief of either in this interesting verse. The detective runs down digs up uncovers exposes and brings to...
  • July 3, 2016
  • Anumita Roy

Tulsi Mancha

A beautiful love poem by Anumita, where the wife waits for her sailor husband, praying and pining at the Tusli Mancha. She pulls her sari veil over her head, with...
  • July 2, 2016
  • Lily Swarn

A Shooting Star

An evocative poem from Lily that celebrates the bitter-sweet pathos of life. Jetting through space a star stopped in its tracks and played statue. It simply forgot to twinkle...