Ganga: The Candescent Flow…
Ganga: The Eternal Saga The land was barren, filled with the ashes of the YoreFor their souls’ salvation, the goddess was to be luredBhagirath atoned for many …
Dreams and Nightmares…
Dreams Though perennial, theirs was a fleeting love affair,“Where art thou? Please come back. I’m scared.”The frightened little girl sobbed, looking for himIn a vast edifice, akin to an ancient…
LIGHT IT UP BLUE: Autism Awareness Day
A Rose is a Rose is a Rose is a Rosewhether it’s red, pink, or blueGod made us in shades of VIBGYORand told us to live those hues. The azure…
Time ‘s Cadence
Time leaves all behindon the sepia pages of bygone wynds What was saved from those burning infernoscomes out victorious from the ordeals of time. I held those classic fragments of the…
राग मल्हार..?? : A Deibhidhe Poem in Hindi
Deibhidhes is an approximation of the Irish Gaelic poetry form. The actual form needs quatrains made up of lines of only seven syllables each where the last stressed syllable of the first line rhymes with the last unstressed syllable of the second line , and the same pattern to be repeated in the third and fourth lines , with the additional requirement of two alliterative rhyming words in the middle of the third and fourth lines. No restriction on total length of the poem. It’s a Hindi version of Irish Gaelic Deibhidhe Poem.
Desideratum…Desiderata: The Tawny Teak Chair
Desideratum, the Tawny Teak Chair… I was decluttering my house of those amassed memories… Worn out clothes, broken toys, torn books… And some dried flowers buried in those…
CONVOCATIONS : The Celebration of Nirvana…
CONVOCATIONS…An Elegy… My poem is the literal representation of Sufjan Stevens‘s instrumental music album, CONVOCATIONS, released about a month ago which is his musical homage to his deceased father and…
कैसे गाऊँ गीत सुरीले ?
कैसे गाऊँ गीत सुरीले..? सब कहते हैं मन बहला लो कविता रच डालो, कुछ गा लो, पर, सुर फीके, शब्द हैं गीले कैसे गाऊँ गीत सुरीले…? * जब असंख्य नैनों…
Covid 19 and The Last Kuru King : A Roseate Sonnet
# Covid 19 and The Last Kuru King : A Roseate Sonnet Adorning Kalki on his crown, he bore the sins of his progenitors, Insects were restricted in Parikshit’s abode,…
When The Angels Danced On Their Heads: A Greek Folklore
When The Angels Danced On Their Heads: A Greek Folklore Amidst the stillness of eternal night on Mount Olympus, Euterpe stood aghast before her father, King Zeus. The muse of…
ऐ गुलाब !… A Roseate Sonnet in Urdu/Hindi
ऐ गुलाब (O, Rose )… A Roseate Sonnet written in Urdu/ Hindi and translated into English, a classic sonnet which is fashioned into Persian ‘Rubaiyat or Rubaiyaan‘! To know about both…
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…
That one Rendezvous… ?
She was so lost, was so damn distressed, Yes, she was determined to never get impressed So very confused with so much of fuss She leaded that hopeless life with…