Desperate Lies
An intense soulful poem by Deeya, in Different Truths. Always come to me in desolate nights when I speak the language of salt in the sea; of charcoal madness...
Missing on a Weekend
A bold prose-poem of Deeya, in Different Truths, set in the urban settings and sensibilities of the 21st century. Weekends are subterfuges in love, desire, pain. They are the extra...
Unveiling Complexities of Love in Winter
Deeya’s poem explores love’s complexities in winter, highlighting comfort, warmth, harsh realities, longing for sunshine and renewed connection, exclusively for Different Truths. Mittens keep us warm in winter like...
I can not Celebrate you
An intense poem by Deeya that braids alienation and love. I can’t celebrate youScraps of junk you rotin my mind – the sudden stab in my ribsdoesn’t bleed through...
Monsoon of Life/An Indefinite Truth
Monsoon of Life A sensuous poem celebrating monsoon from Deeya. The thread of life in vigilant eyesEvokes beautyEuphoria walks aboutin a threadbare realitymonsoons overhauled in backpack of worldliness smothers ceaseless effortsof...
A Love Denied
An evocative and bold poem by Deeya. I survive;the truth perched on my lipson a crystal May morning sunlightan alibi on my window-sill. ...
Escapado
An intense poem by Deeya. (From the Anthology The Rainbow Hues) Orange brawls and nude brownsVie, ripened sheaths of cornover the harvest stockmind’s harvesting complete, yellowaslant rays I wing...
Claustrophobia
An intense and poignant prose poem by Deeya, in Different Truths. Pinned against a wall a moth flutters desperately. It isn’t his wall. I can wall up my desperateness...
A Love Story
Here’s a poignant prose-poem on love by Deeya, in Different Truths. The intensity, pain, and sensuousness come alive in her poetic lines. The futile weather-beaten pen failed to portray...
Africa! My Africa
A poignant poem about the exploitation and subjugation of Africa and Africans, by Deeya, exclusively for Different Truths. I am a 21 year old African Africa resides in my...