By: Priya Anand Tansing at 13000 feet is a popular overnight halt for trekkers on the famous Goechala trek in Sikkim which starts at Yuksom 5670 feet and reaches a final altitude of 16000 feet. Stygian is the night and pale…
By: Lael Lopez Dark Love This angel fell She lost her light Trudging through the gates of hell She gave up the fight No man or god Could bring her back Until she looked into his heart Black as coal Hard…
By: Llaka Tshesane Know that I have thought of you I have planned our future and the memories we’ll make I have revised our first fight and who will be wrong I have decided to start loving you So much…
By: Llaka Tshesane I hate the world for what it has done to you The tiny pieces of lungs the cigars has stolen from you The alcohol that fed on you and the stroke that snatched your life too I…
By: Lynn White Rock Star He looked mean and sullen. Perhaps he thought it befitted his rock star image. Or perhaps he thought it would distract from the acne, which was a bit of a shock, to be honest. He looked…
By: Anne Mikusinski Biography It must say something That I can Easily Describe my life In the small space Of one hundred words or less But I can fill three pages describing How you look when deep in thought Or when,…
By: Srinivas S Smitten with a smile* “Now you are smitten with a smile, I wait And wonder what its silence saves and says? Which j’wel its depth encrusts? What light its shine Reveals or steals? Whose eyes its reach unties?…
By: Hardeep Sabharwal Game of Chess Pawns are killed before all They work only for The King and Queen’s Defense For saving precious lives of rooks, bishops and knights, The game goes on Till the king is there, The…
By: Zunayet Ahammed Come In I am passing hard time In the pool of sorrows I’m drowning Everywhere I find darkness, pitch like darkness And the coldness of the wind A feeling of wilderness, bareness and infertility Consumes all It seems…
By: Ron Riekki Cameras Steal Souls We photograph each other until we smell. There is a sledgehammer ghost in the background. She screams for us to put away the cameras and kill the photos and smash the graphs to replace them…