Love of Rains

Rains, You quench The thirst of The parched,arid Earth and it’s beings. The petrichor flags your Arrival on the lap of Nature, with your pitter-patter Oh! That urges the child within me To shed inhibitions and play with...
Cinderella in my Imagination

Cinderella in my Imagination

  She worked in the gutter,  And ensured that there’s no litter.  She found it hard to make ends meet,  But from helping others, never did she retreat.  She never ate her full,  But to give others, her hands were always full.  Under her guidance and care, ...

Etheree

The etheree is a little-known poetry format, consisting of ten lines with graduated syllables. It was created over twenty years ago by an Arkansas poet named Etheree Taylor Armstrong. The first line is a monosyllabic word; the second line has two syllables, and so on,...
Mute Witness

Mute Witness

Alone she stood, along the unwinding shores Of the vast sea that rumbled often.  The bouncy waves caressed her legs,  And danced around her like a little child.    The rumblings that echoed, spoke in volumes Of the notes of love exchanged there.  She, witnessed...
Hiraeth, Partition stories from 1947

Hiraeth, Partition stories from 1947

Hiraeth, Partition stories from 1947 : The title and the cover of this book are really unique and special. The title piqued the history fanatic in me and the cover conveyed the depth of the book.  As the author Dr. Shivani Salil mentions that the book is inspired by...