Symphony : A Roseate Sonnet
??? Symphony : A Roseate Sonnet ? An ocean sealed in,Some clouds within,Raindrops frolic,but never are seen ! Echoing seven seasin moonstruck dreams,Feigning witheredyet, soul dampening ! Hackneyed kohl smearsand the…
Amorphous: A Ghazal
I see her always… but she becomes amorphous before I shape my words… Some laments are irreparable…. हर लफ्ज़ बेमानी मगर, ये ख़त कोई ख़ता नहीं,लिख तो दिया, भेजूँ कहाँ?…
ज़िन्दगी ही तो है : Ghazal
है उम्र क्या ? महज़ ये दिल्लगी ही तो है कुछ और है जीना, कि ज़िन्दगी ही तो है जलाये कुछ दिये, बुझाईं मोमबत्तियांआँखों में फिर भी एक तिश्नगी ही…
Arising from the Dust : #AFTD, 32 Stories of Grit and Grandeur
Arising from the Dust She woke up from the cindersWith laden wings alongFlecked with ashes of the yoreLissome, yet so strong! Her wings weren’t mere feathersBut, limbs of ores alloyedAh!…
Happy Birthday to My Glimmer, Anindhya…
Happy Birthday My Moonbeam, Anindhya ! What should I gift you today…?…except my words as demure, love as pure and blessings as powerful as you?So, here goes the last birthday…
वो लड़की महकी महकी सी: Happy Birthday, Sunshine
It’s August, the 1st, and I wish you Happy Birthday with verses as effervescent as you… ??? रुख हवाओं का वो एक पल मोड़ देचाहे तो पानी से पत्थर तोड़…
APORIA : A Greek Tale of Titans…
Sufjan Stevens, a Canadian singer who might be lesser known, but he has just taught people a lot of old and new words with the track listing of his latest…
Will COVID 19 ever be extinct ? The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind…?♫
Fed up of COVID 19 ? The Answer, My Friend is Blowin’ in the Wind “Nero fiddled while Rome burned”… …. Well, it’s ambiguous whether he played a flute or…
ग्रीष्म गर्जना : ऋतुरंग कविता
ग्रीष्म गर्जना कोयल कूकी अमराई मेंगा रही मारवा राग,सूरज बन बैठा अग्निकुंडबरसाता है बस आग ! हो रहा गगन में अश्वमेघहै रश्मिरथी इस पार,सातो घोडों पर हो सवारचल पड़ा क्षितिज…
Depression is real: The Untold Story of Sushant Singh Rajput
Mental health is extremely underrated in our society. Unlike those severe physical diseases that take a toll on human life, you cannot see noticeable symptoms in the case of depression.…
UNREQUITED LOVE: A Triolet Poem
There lived a partridge on a peach treeShe used to croon for the moonShe paid the price as love’s not freeThere lived a partridge on a peach tree All her…
The Stolen Winters… A Sonnet
On the hilltop, over the conifersSnowflakes float under chromium sky,The night freezes and a lone wolf howlsThe stars cascade on my chilled edifice! My old rose lips sip the last…
MARIPOSA : A Spanish Folklore…
The Sapphire Ring And The Blue Wings: A Spanish Folklore… There was a girl, MariposaFrom a village of Spain,She loved her alcoholic fatherBut, all love was in vain. Toiling in…
When ‘Savage Wind’ Sang the ‘Song of Pebbles’…
Yet again, I received a beautiful poetry collection, ‘SONG OF PEBBLES‘ by noted poet Asoke Kumar Mitra, exactly a year after reading his book ‘SAVAGE WIND‘. Possessing such aesthetically done…
वो एक खुली खिड़की
खिड़की वो एक खुली खिड़की,मेरे बचपन वाले घर की,आते जाते हर रहगिर की करती थी नुक्ताचीनी ! इतनी सी थी, दो तारों केबीच के फासले जितनी,जिससे होकर कूद आतीमेरे कमरे…
Absence: an Elegy
It’s not merely an elegy but the effluvium coming out of the abyssal of her absence… the poison which took her away and the colours she has left behind her… …
Thou Hast My Rose : A Roseate Sonnet
THOU HAST MY ROSE There lived a little sparrowHopping on my lawn,On my windowsill, she satUntil dusk from dawn! Heretofore she sang, then weptAll agog was me,Songs of anguish, what…
Zindagi, Buland Tu: Gazal/Nazm
हैं मजलिसें तमाम फिर भी, रौनकें जाती नहींये ज़िन्दगी की उलझने हैं, मौत सुलझाती नहीं इतनी सी ख़्वाहिश है कि , जी लूँ मैं दमभर इसेपर ख़ौफ़ के साए में,…
चलो, एक दिया जलाएं…
रूठा है चाँद, आज क्यों ना उसको मनाएँकाफ़ी नहीं तारे, चलो एक दीया जलाएँ ‘मेहमां हो घड़ी भर के, ऐ घनघोर अंधेरों’सबक ये अमावस को क्यों ना आज सिखाएँ…
दिन कागज़, रातें स्याही…
Din kaagaz, raatein syahi: A Hindi poem which portrays the dreams of a night rambler who is euphoric towards nature and nostalgic about good old memories…. memories, sweet and sour….a…