Hero Worship
This verse is about Neelam’s search for a hero, an icon, in her teenage years. When I was a teen, I was often asked, “Who is your hero?” I...
Once I met Life
A poignant poem by Shernaz. During the passage from birth to date I once encountered Life on the way She beckoned. Urged me to engage in the moment I...
Sweet Peas / She Came
Sweet Peas Here are two evocative poems by Lily for Different Truths. Cloying cinnamonic caressing scent of sweet-peas Wafting across the moss green expanse of gambolling meadows Bamboo grasses...
The Age of Seasons
Sudeshna celebrates nature through the myriad moods of seasons in these verses. Spring Young shoots spruce up dressed ...
Melancholy
An inward looking poem where Maya talks about the dynamics of creativity, how it’s not easy to write about melancholy. I wring my eyes, tighten my jaw lines, and my...
A Sandy Grey City
Ipsita sees her city in different colours, various moods, in this surreal verse. This city of mine Smelt a sandy grey today Dusty, A storm in its eye, A...
He is a Born Artist
Subhajit describes a born artist in this verse. He is a born artist with colors red and green, full of jollity and vibrancy, to paint a new day, fill...
Soulmates
Vatsala celebrates soulmates with whom one is connected from past lives. There is a sense of déjà vu in this verse. No mundane taboos, No hypocritical restrictions, No fake rules...
Two Protest Poems: Why do I Write? / Desire
An artist-painter from Bangladesh, Maksudul writes two protest poems for Different Truths. His translator, a poet and art critic, RS Yadav, introduces his poems to us. I was indeed happy...
A Cosmetic Trip to Steamy Nirvana
Mamta’s comments on the synthetic beauty business and its promised Nirvana in this poem. In an upmarket high rise A swanky hall With cubicles minuscule Mirrors and lights of every...