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A caged bird am I, who let slipped her song, Once incarcerated in so-called social norms, All fabricated by some phony philanthropists. No wonder why my motherland is still astern, In the epoch where nations are all in the pink; As she too has turned the victim of absurdity. “You are a boy, never everContinue reading “Restrictions (Athira A.)”

If I could call my brother, I’d call him on the bad days and he’d hear it in my breathing before I even said anything, and he’d ask, “What’s wrong?” I’d say something like, “It’s dad,” sniffle, small sob, “he was too weak to sit up in bed today.” And my brother would sigh, andContinue reading “California (Amanda Valerie Judd)”

Silver Winter has come again, Kids flying sled. We make Christmas, We play snowballs. They hit my window, The sound of a bitter winter. Invites you to the new year, The playful word of the snow. Tales told by my mother Great from each other My mother tells fairy tales Leads to good Tales ofContinue reading “Winter (Abdumominov Abdulloh)”

Were you able to swallow the Earth completely- or a few pieces of its fragmented self are left on your platter? The platter was filled with barbecued forest, grilling mountains, wild fauna and precious pebbles. Was the blue sea, oceans, rivers, lakes enough to quench your thirst? Was all this not enough? That you areContinue reading “Roasting Unity (Gopa Bhattacharjee)”

“You are so beautiful, if I was young poems would be the only medium for communication with you” You see, I have a quill made from a stem of material that cannot be eroded between the teeth and print sheets of erodible writing surfaces of all the skin in my body that covers almost allContinue reading “The Only Medium for Communication with You (Tali Cohen Shabtai)”

I don’t want you to love me, But like me a little. ‘Cause like will not hurt you, But love? Yes, definitely! It’ll. Like is “that’s sweet of you”, But love can make it all bitter. I don’t want you to write poems about me, Because that gives me a jitter. But I won’t mindContinue reading “I Don’t Want You to Love Me (Trishla Pal)”

A rebel that was me wailed and cried deep inside; When a docile me put all its heed aside. Every time the docile put her arguments forward; It took me the road chosen by cowards. Every time I listened to its voice,something inside me died; The rebel forcefully once again tried. This time it burntContinue reading “A Rebel Bird (Lata)”

The eyes that told her a tale, The tale that came straight from her heart, The heart that was once filled with happiness, The happiness that she once thought was her right, The right that was taken away with her innocence The innocence that was her biggest treasure, The treasure that was stolen away withContinue reading “The Eyes that Told her a Tale (Abhishek Bose)”

Don’t leave me even for a moment, my love for, you and I are like the two droplets of tears from two eyes when mingled together have no separate identities but one, where you and I are merged. I am the earth, ever trodden and parched, quenched and healed by your touch. You are myContinue reading “Don’t Leave Me (Prasupta Roy)”

Dear ‘still confused whom I am writing this to’ Because, I genuinely am. I am as confused as Krishna was in the current nation-wide success movie, ‘Kashmir Files’, the movie that took the entire country by storm and I eventually gave in to the pressure too. I gave in to the curiosity of its success,Continue reading “Dear ‘still confused whom I am writing this to’ (Shriya Gupta)”