Lock and Key
A love poem composed as duet by two poets, Leepsha and Mahapatra. Fate changes It changes to give you back what you lost And what you – as you...
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May 28, 2016
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Duska Vrhovac
When a Child Dies
A heart-wrenching poem by Duska. For Nikola When a child dies it’s wrong to weep every sob ...
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May 28, 2016
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Ipsita Ganguli
A Drive through the Clouds
Ipsita celebrates the beauty of majestic hills wrapped in a veil of light drizzle. Imagine the hills As twilight descends And the clouds come down To settle on the...
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May 27, 2016
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Muddasir Ramzan
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...
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May 25, 2016
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Shernaz Wadia
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...
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May 24, 2016
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Moinak Dutta
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...
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May 21, 2016
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Mamta Joshi
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...
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May 20, 2016
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Urooj Murtaza
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...
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May 17, 2016
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Lily Swarn
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....
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May 15, 2016
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Lily Swarn
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...