Month: April 2011

You have a poker face all the time Image: NOTaFIREexit Lips sealed, brows raised is a favorite of mine But it’s different when you look my way All I keep thinking is what you would say But even though I flinch when stared right in the eye Your gaze is sharp, for which I yearn… Continue reading Unspoken truth – A Poem by Rachita Singh

Image: Mexican Pictures Ofa ravaged era ofpartition and achildhood full ofviolenceshe left her homein Karachiand cruised thewaters to reachthe then, Bombayshe lived in camps;the fair girl whoeveryone lovedilliterate, yet soarticulategrandma you weresurely so uniqueaged yet timelessher skin tells meof ageless beautyand her walkmakes me feel graceboth;beauty and grace,elegant with yourwordswise wordsof times we criedtogether andnights… Continue reading Grandmother – A Poem by Sneha Subramanian Kanta

Drunkards swam past the raging seaTo reach their destination of gloryAs she dwelt upon nirvanaWalking in the stormThrough the pouring rainTo exist once again As an immortal being As rays illuminated what was pureThe flame inside slowly diedAnd gave birth to AmorHer only sonHer only dreamMaking her feel like a ruling queenShe left with him… Continue reading A trip to oblivion and back – A Poem by Rachita Singh

Love was what I knew Image: Jacyk’s Music Memories Before I got robbed of it brutally I bluffed myself into falling in love with youAnd instead fell into the trap you made for me Numbers had never held any importance for me (I am no business woman you see)Except the binary number which united lovers… Continue reading A Tainted love tale – A Poem by Rachita Singh

Image: EcoLocalizer The blasts wake him up every morning, He looks out through the window, There is a different world outside, The glass reflects his past, Opening those pages of the book which cannot be turned back to, Back to the days when he was able to feel the sun, Back to the days when… Continue reading The Opaque Window – A Poem by Shagun Dwivedi