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...
Oceanic Eyes
Lily’s tribute to her mother on Mother’s Day. She talks of her sea-green oceanic eyes, among other things. Your perfume, dripping love As you tucked me into bed With the...
Shuffling Memories
In this poignant poem, Mamta delves into her ‘sepia memories’. As dusk settles Memories begin to scrape my mind Like negatives of snapshots Sometimes sharp Sometimes fuzzy and undefined...
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...
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...
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...