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…
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…
Cha-No-Yu and You: My Cup of Tales
I toasted my hi-tea and youfor mere two days, a night, or two? I don’t remember reallyas I forgot the real me, then only. Sinking under your veneered opal aura,Stealing from…
The Sun Never Faded, but Glistened Through the Moon: My Father…
Dad’s lil’ girl forgot her smile and lost her eyes twinkle,Her lustrous locks cloistered, her lucent visage wrinkled,The hapless soul missed ever her knight-in-shining-armour,Her melodies were lost amidst cacophony and…
Manikarnika: ShivShakti
Prologue: Manikarnika, the woman who adorns Ruby (Manikya) earrings! It is believed that Adishakti (Sati) used to wear ruby earring as they were Lord Shiva’s favorite for their brilliance, opulence,…
Love, The Oxblood…
When the town was painted in red…I readily graced a thorn festooned bedPassions rose but wishes died Dreams thrashed and heart cried The clouds wept with umpteen tears Sea waves…
Come Winters, I’m Cashmere-ready
“When the Sun shivered, played clef treble, She draped her Cashmere…She reminisced of those wintry nightswhen quivering moon was there… When memories painted her, she blushed, she bloomed as a Marigold,She hid…
Cashmere Memories
I draped you O My Silks! With the fondre memories, I was filled of riding on those obscure swings, rocking-a-bye on your nonchalant wings! I inhaled your…
The Ice Maiden
‘The Ice Maiden‘ — the title of my poem is derived from a famous fairy tale, a short story written by ‘Hans Christian Anderson‘, the noted Danish author and playwright,…
Why she dreams like me…
A Birthday poem for my Little Girl Anindhya, who never grows for me…
Vanity Fair: Rapunzel and Her French Hair-do
Waiting with bated breath, I looked at my phone, Would I get an appointment of that nouveau zone? Sounded like wind-chimes, Ah! That much awaited call, “Congrats Ma’am, now…
Happy Birthday To The Girl With Wings Of Fire
On your birthdays, I get perplexed on what to gift you, as all what belongs to me is already yours. Apart from all the love, care, concern and time,…
The Emotional Evolution
She rose indifferently from the burning ashes, And let go the life, that was lost like slashes. While withstanding the dubious hurricanes and tides, She kicked his false-pride, taking the…
Pixie’s Magical Moments to Ward off Indoor Pollutants
“I girded up my lions to ward him off, But the hellion was reluctant to leave my house” He played hide and seek with me. When I swept the floor,…