By: Snigdha Agrawal Moving: Simple because they can I asked Mafor a TV of my own,to watchWimbledon reruns,Netflix movies for teens.anything…just anythingto prevent from joiningcommunal watchingin the living roomwith familysimply coz.our tastes collide too oftenbut I saw her face stiffenbefore…
By: James Aitchison (pantoum) poverty is a form of worshipfrankly my dear I don’t give a damnnipped by a dog my old dancing bearthe furrows of disbelief (under a red rose tree) frankly my dear I don’t give a damnwe…
By: James Aitchison (After Alfred Lord Tennyson) Half a leg, half a leg,Half a leg onward,Moaning and rattling their chainsLimped the six zombies.“Forward, the Fright Brigade!Let’s feed on some corpses!”Hungry for human remainsLimped the six zombies. “Forward, the Fright Brigade!”Look,…
By: Chanchal Kumar Das The Palace of Sleep All around, there is only discontent and hatred,People quarrel with people in uproar,Why have they not woken up yet?On all sides they have built a palace of sleep. Those who are truly…
By: Jim Bates Orange sugar maplesBlazing against cold grey skiesLifts a mood to joy. Late fall woodland walkSoft and leafy decaySense of inner peace. Outside in the snowSoft flakes landing on my faceFeeling young at heart. Fresh snow transformingBrown ground…
By: David Sapp For a While Now For a while nowToo long the shut-inTV my best buddyDoing little more thanShuffling to fetch the mailI get out for a bit andI’m astonished to findThe oak tree’s girthIs predicably thickerThe wheat has…
By: Sushant Thapa Memory and Future The day is as brightAs the overloaded happiness.In your cityI lose track of time,Due to excessive delightEasily passing.The night was as brightAs the starlit path.In imagesI recollectThe wholesome memories.Forgetfulness becomes a crimeWhen a nodding…
By: Goutam Roy Shattered glasscan never be made whole again.The bygone dayscan never be reclaimed.Lost youthcan never be revived.No matter how fiercelywe struggle,we can never returnto what has gone forever.The vast tapestryof human existencehas reigned across the centuries,only to crumbleand…
By: James Aitchison There it is in Krakow, Poland,so innocuous, just another building,2 Pomorska Street,a hostel for students from Silesiauntil — 13 September 1939,the Gestapo moved in,and a conquered cityfeared the name “Pomorska”. I found out why — down a…
By: KJ Hannah Greenberg Omnishambles Some situations involving poor judgment cause chaos. These sorts of disordersCan convey disastrous consequences such that even technocrats stay impotent;Ruling parties’ cones of vision are likely limited to less than acute angles. Also,Their buccal-style expressions…