A Big Fat Destination Wedding
Mamta depicts a big fat destination wedding in this verse. Far away from the city A heritage palace Pulsates with nervous frenzy ...
A Platter of Disquiet
An evocative poem by Mamta, where she unmasks fears and appearances. Series of events Not necessarily pleasant ones Caustic and disdainful darts Thrown with practiced ease Yet we coat...
Mofussil Mummies
Smita shows us a slice of life in a laid back mofussil on the World Poetry Day. At seventy five and eighty, Under garden umbrellas They sit on the...
Punch/ I Kissed a Girl, I Liked it!
On World Poetry Day, we present are two love poems of Ampat. The first is tongue-in-cheek, and the second, rich in symbolism. Punch Love is balding Growing a paunch Writes...
Beggary in Bhatiyali
Smita, a trained singer, blends music with poetic sensibility. She celebrates mysticism. ta nana tantanatan tantanatan tantanatan ta nana tan tanatan ta nana tantanatan tantanatan tantanatan ta nana tan...
You are my Country
Claims and counter-claims have muddled the distinction between patriots and anti-nationals. In the wake of the JNU controversy, allegations are flowing thick and fast. Here’s a poem by a citizen-poet, Dr...
Being With You…
Farha imagines that she is with her lover (read husband), lost in the dewy beauty of morning. Here’s a dreamy love poem from Roses and Rhymes, a collection of Love...
Today, I Finally Found You
Ampat’s poem celebrates the immense power of love. His lyrical poem with epic sensibility, moves from the sensual to the social selves. Today I finally found you in between...
Two Dark Poems
Different Truths introduces poems from this issue. Ratan pens two dark poems that deal with hatred, violence and deaths, unleashing untold miseries that men in the supreme ignorance bring...