The Nun in Convent
Poonam pays tribute to a Catholic nun, who taught them at school, exclusively for Different Truths. She was a German Catholic nun In an Indian Girls Convent school Teaching...
Silver by Choice
A reflective and evocative poem, by Christine, about brain, creativity, life and beyond, exclusively for Different Truths. They asked what was so special about my brain that I would...
Time Makes a Call
An evocative poem, by Subramanian, about nature, exclusively for Different Truths. Spring’s verdure slowly ebbed before summer’s breath snuffed It out; Time’s footfall tip-toed a message – “Life’s curves...
Freedom from Death, from Life
A poignant, heart-wrenching poem, for Shail’s friend, who succumbed to Covid. A tribute exclusively for Different Truths. Feisty fireflies of freedom traverse the crowded caravan of careless cruising, drowning...
I Refuse
Amita flouts rules of grammar perhaps in the name of poetic justice. An exclusive for Different Truths. I skip the comma, Hop out of brackets, Refuse to full stop...
Reinventing Ourselves for Magical Recovery
An autobiographical poem, by Pankhuri, about exploitation, scheming, framing and lastly, hope. An exclusive for Different Truths. Pronounced an illegal immigrant Out of the blue In my own front...
Pothole Puja, Onion Warpath, Syrian Wildfire, & Props Kill
Shail reviews the news of the week in verse. Bengaluru witnessed a unique rangoli protest and a warning for the CM, in the US, after Covid, a Salmonella attack was...
Freedom
Poonam likens herself to rain, in this evocative poem, exclusively for Different Truths. Like a raindrop From the Heaven above I was born. Like a water droplet I...
Aroma of Student Life
Shwetha looks back at the student life and is filled with its aroma. A poem, exclusively for Different Truths. The memoirs that drench me to the ocean of thoughts, The...
Excellence has no Last Word…!
An inward-looking poem of hope, by Monika, exclusively for Different Truths. Often, after the anguish absolution arrives as the light. When pain afflicts, a moment arrives to pull us...