…to Kiss Death
if death is inevitable then why to fear it? why not wait for it to visit us with flowers and knock on the doors? i know it is painful...
Red Silk Cotton Blooms
Ketaki paints word-images of rural Bengal, celebrating summer, nature, music, and love, exclusively for Different Truths. Walking along the winding village mud paths, Meandering along the paddy field banks....
Life…
Dr. Molly celebrates life, in this verse, exclusively for Different Truths. How you pulsate the vital energy coalescing cascading in an upsurge to upend aspirations, always in the tumult...
Slit Gongs
A poem of despair and hope, by Shernaz, exclusively for Different Truths. my voice feeble as a whisper my words – straining against lies that are a daily staple...
Nature’s Negotiation
An evocatively intense love poem, by Nandini, exclusively for Different Truths. I hadn’t thought of writing about nature’s negotiation until you told me what stone we are carved from,...
Victory Vivifies Verity
Prasanna alliterates to create an inner music, about a social issue, uplifting the mundane, exclusively for Different Truths. Victory vilified vivid vigour and vivacity Vesting vibration, verifies velocity of...
Back to Square One
A powerful statement about man, material and god, in this evocative verse, by Harinder, exclusively for Different Truths. Caught in the web of temptations, Man cannot break free It...
Nandini Sahu’s Love Poems Attains Paradise by Touch
Pushpa critiques and reviews Nandini Sahu’s recent love poetry collection, A Song, Half & Half. An exclusive for Different Truths. Prof. Nandini Sahu’s recent poetry collection, A Song, Half &...
Tiresome Rest
An evocative poem of urban alienation and ennui, by Sushant, exclusively for Different Truths. Track of time Has found a new way In this busy city. New moon has...
At my Funeral
A poignant poem about a strong and kind man, who masked tears, by Dr. Shailja, exclusively for Different Truths. A man, he was, I think. A pair of solid...