Poem

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  • March 3, 2022
  • Mamta Joshi
  • Poem

A City’s Penance

Here’s a social commentary in verse by Mamta.  An undying treeOn the banks of rivers threeTwo polluted, one mythicalA C'ezanne brown medieval fortMysterious shadowsetched under its arches and columnsSilently...
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  • March 2, 2022
  • Joyce Yarrow
  • Poem

Why My Father Swam?

Joyce tells us about a father-daughter relationship in this poem. An exclusive for Different Truths. impossible to solvethe riddle of why his mothergave him to the nunstheir faded eyebrowspinched...
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  • February 28, 2022
  • Rituparna Khan
  • Poem

Nature Poet

An evocative poem, by Rituparna, celebrating the Nature poet, exclusively for Different Truths. These dig out bit by bit from the earthy ground, upturn one part of soil and...
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  • February 26, 2022
  • Rajashree Mohapatra
  • Poem

Unscreened Folds

An evocative love poem, by Rajashree, exclusively for Different Truths. If it were a paper boat ... Might not be destined to flow If it were cursed ... Might...
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  • February 25, 2022
  • Reena Prasad
  • Poem

The Wingspan Of Sorrow

A poignant poem by Reena. It’s intense and sensuous.  If I stoopit is to drink deep of youmy doppelgänger, black and greyI wear your shades better than any otherwanting...
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  • February 24, 2022
  • Smita Agarwal
  • Poem

Grandmothers

In this evocative poem Smita compares the two worlds of her grandmothers and her’s. A powerful woman-centric poem.  Both my grandmothers Were married off in their teens; Bhuvaneshwari at...
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  • February 23, 2022
  • Anumita Roy
  • Poem

May Light Precede Footsteps

Anumita talks about Saptapadi(1). The groom leads three circumambulations around the fire but from the fourth, the bride leads. Seven vows unite them for seven lives. May your light precede...
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  • February 22, 2022
  • Farheen Viquas
  • Poem

Six Girls and a Regime

A protest poem, by Farheen, that addresses the freedom to wear hijab and how six girls stood for their rights, exclusively for Different Truths. We sat in the class...
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  • February 21, 2022
  • Soumya Mukherjee
  • Poem

Speed bumps

Soumya talks about the many speed bumps of life’s journey, in this poem, tongue-in-cheek, exclusively for Different Truths. I was cruising along life’s fast lane Whizzing by in Speed...
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