What Then?
(After Yeats) An evocative poem by Muddasir “He must grow a legendary man,” His chosen teachers thought at school. He spent his life according to a youthful plan. ‘What...
Weeds
Shernaz celebrates nature in this evocative poem. we bloom invisible, undesirable among seemingly well-laid out ornamentals; you wage war on us wanting our annihilation we are not an anomaly...
The Missing*
A heart wrenching poem about missing tigers by Moinak, as awareness against illegal poaching of the wild cats. Every year they are going missing, From Parks, Sanctuaries, From registers as...
No Homecoming Ever
Three perspectives of an evocative poem by Mamta. A dinner thrown as farewell The guests lovingly swell Ambience, menu perfect The bar too well laced The mood quasi-festive A...
Dead Soul
Here’s a dark enigmatic poem by Urooj. I stood on the hump-backed bridge With my arms hugging my dead soul… In the clear moonlight, the swirling waters beneath were...
Maya / The Backwaters
Here are two poems of Lily. The first one Maya is a tongue-in- cheek view of the various illusions of life. Her second poem, The Backwaters, transports us to beauteous Kerala....
Fleeing from Fears?
An evocative poem by Lily. She talks of fears here. Fears perched like petrified flies on a jaggery heap Fears like the whirlpool In a muddy monsoon puddle Choking...
Broken
A heart-wrenching poem by Maya. There’s fire in the chulha Daal simmers thereupon She watches it intent Lost somewhere… Screams all of a sudden as if pulled out of...
Peace-I
Here’s a jugalbandi in two poems by Ritamvara (as daughter) and Ipsita (as mother). They have been composing poems in sync with each other. Here are two poems by two...
Peace-II
Here’s a jugalbandi in two poems by Ritamvara (as daughter) and Ipsita (as mother). They have been composing poems in sync with each other. Here are two poems by two...