The Neglected Ones
In this poem, Vickey talks about old parents left behind and neglected by their children – exclusively for Different Truths. Yes, I have seen the wrinkles. Crying alone in...
Life Without Fear
An intense protest poem by Fransesco about fear and freedom – exclusively for Different Truths. How far you have travelled my life how many experiences in the middle of...
Birds in Cages
A melancholic poem about a caged bird and its tormentor, by Mohini, exclusively for Different Truths. Don’t dwindle down that road Only the rare take it And I take...
My Beloved Boatman
A poignant poem in the Baul-Sufi tradition, a call to the Divine by Shalini – exclusively for Different Truths. O Beloved Boatman, rudderless was I tied with bindings of...
The Personal-Political Tussle
A protest poem about the personal-political tussle raging within by Dr Molly – exclusively for Different Truths. it goes on the tussle within... your words, aren't they the weapons...
Uzbekistan: My Motherland
Uzbek poet, Madinabonu, eulogises her motherland in this poem – an exclusive for Different Truths. Uzbekistan - my Motherland, The unexampled land in the East, There are many countries...
‘A Song, Half & Half’ Explores Layers of Love
Dr Sutanuka reviews Prof Nandini Sahu’s love poems in A Song, Half and Half – exclusively for Different Truths. A Song, Half and Half, is a selection of Nandini Sahu’s...
Vulnerability: A Saga of a Parrot & a Crow
Dr Roopali’s poignant ballad about a parrot and a crow – exclusively for Different Truths. There lived In another age a green parrot in an iron cage. It shut...
The Stairwell
An evocative poem by Mandakini that blends the mundane with the transcendent – exclusively for Different Truths. The rickety staircases of sunlight go nowhere. One could climb up and down all...
Sleep
Dr Jyothsnaphanija blends rivers, tonic, trees, et al., to the music of piano, in this verse – exclusively for Different Truths. River in May Flowing like apple cider vinegar-smelling...