Silent Glances
By The Poet in Poetry | Reads: 386 | Likes: 0
Her eyelash covered her eyes with shyness, He knows, Still gives an innocent look, Her first love.   His Flute sang a poem, His voice became sweet, She knows, Still gives an innocent look, His first love.  Read More...
Published on Apr 11,2020 06:59 PM
Covid19 during World Book Day
By Dipsikha in Poetry | Reads: 386 | Likes: 0
As I sit quiet and look outside my window, A hurricane of thoughts flow, of the mundane daily household chores, Welcome to the quarantine era, I sign! And then, my eyes fall upon my bookshelf gathering dust, books purchased during my travel to my favorite places..  I let not my mind wander; And  Read More...
Published on Apr 27,2020 07:27 PM
A paid murder
By Neema Kumari in Crime | Reads: 385 | Likes: 0
She knew she would be murdered today. She had been held in captivity for seven days. Before, there were many others in the room with her. All were killed one by one for the ransoms. She was the last one remaining. She knew like her many more would be brought there and each would be murdered one afte  Read More...
Published on Apr 26,2020 03:01 PM
Dear Subconsious Mind
By Akanksha Pathania in Poetry | Reads: 380 | Likes: 0
dear subconsious mind...   Why you remind me of the memories I try to forget all day-night ? i know, you are aware of the pain Hidden behind my wide smile   you immerse me  into the long lost thoughts locked in the box of my heart And you trigger my emotions  to fight against the  Read More...
Published on May 25,2020 11:33 PM
Quarantine
By Anshul Sarsiya in Poetry | Reads: 379 | Likes: 0
Vacant avenues devoid sphere, Aghast human incurable fear, Lightless morns lifeless nuclear, Globe recites the end is near, Valor saviors yet adhere, martyr fighting against spear, Happiness en routes as darkness clear, Hey! earth dispose out drear.  Read More...
Published on Apr 20,2020 03:19 PM
Rusted Memories
By Namrata Dev in General Literary | Reads: 376 | Likes: 0
The room is enclosed with amethyst walls and matching curtains, an old drum kit rusting in one corner, a mahogany table with sticky notes covering most of its right side, an easy chair with clean and dirty clothes shoved in every possible angle, an unmade bed with the comforter flowing on the floor   Read More...
Published on May 27,2020 02:17 PM
ALL LIVES MATTER
By Shravanthi Reddy in General Literary | Reads: 376 | Likes: 0
In 1944 A 16-year-old black student in Columbus, Ohio won an essay contest on the theme ‘what to do with Hitler after the war’ by submitting a single sentence. “Put him in black skin and let him live the rest of his life in America.”― Scott Matthews If a 16-year-old c  Read More...
Published on Jun 3,2020 04:56 PM
It's been a while
By Nandini Chakrabarti in Poetry | Reads: 375 | Likes: 0
Closed in the cage,with my dreams dying a little each day,my feet lay coldand my lips are chapped,my mother screams at me,while the kids play,my shoulders overburdened within the circle of life each day.Is the grass still green?I haven’t looked out of my windowand it’s been a while,cigar  Read More...
Published on Apr 5,2020 11:45 PM
Breaking Up With My Bank
By Priyanka Singh in Humour & Comedy | Reads: 371 | Likes: 0
A few years ago, I changed my job and got a new salary account opened. Since I didn’t want to be bothered with having too many bank accounts, I wanted the salary account of my previous company closed. Those were also the days when the government was after black-money hoarders. One of the rumor  Read More...
Published on Mar 29,2020 12:26 AM
My musings
By Priyanka Hazra in Poetry | Reads: 370 | Likes: 0
Courage was the backbone of the 9-year-old who sat beside the Reichstag, watching his communist father, while it was burning. He hemmed his eyelids with the thread of cowardice. ⁣ ⁣ The maniac in the streetside has tasted pain because he is a pariah in this world of sophisticated humans with mid  Read More...
Published on Apr 1,2020 12:30 PM
The Welcome Rain
By Michelle Gomes in Poetry | Reads: 368 | Likes: 0
The smell of petrichor  Fills the air. I breathe in deeply My lungs full of their fair share. Raindrops splatter  One by one And then in mighty torrents They come down Bringing respite  From the sweltering heat Cooling the mighty earth With their every beat.    Read More...
Published on May 25,2020 03:22 PM
Us
By Dwaita Mondal in Poetry | Reads: 366 | Likes: 0
Everyday we stand face to face for a second, I look her in the eye and try to reconcile... She stares impassively, And I see through her exhaustion disguised as coldness. The mirror must be a maniac, we fail to reflect each other. In moments of brightness,  she scorns me from afar as if my happ  Read More...
Published on May 12,2020 10:43 AM
My Woman's Story
By Umme Kulsum in Romance | Reads: 361 | Likes: 0
We meet up at our balconies. It’s almost midnight. I had a bad day. We need to talk. I need to talk. ‘I did the dishes today. There was this one iron pot. I finished a quarter bottle of soap, scrubbing it enough and got calluses on my fingers..,’ she says. Now she’s showing   Read More...
Published on May 3,2020 09:40 PM
ThankYou
By Mayukh in General Literary | Reads: 353 | Likes: 0
It was hardly a year that I had met Oliver and we decided to get married. I was twenty six then. Oliver was twenty eight. Even though we had known each other for almost a year, a new found closeness developed, fueled by the happiness that comes with a wedding, new people, new friends, and new e  Read More...
Published on Apr 3,2020 04:44 PM
JUST SO YOU KNOW...
By Harshada in Poetry | Reads: 349 | Likes: 0
I just want you to know it still hurts, Not as much as it used to, but just enough to sometimes skip a beat when your name pops up. I just want you to know that the ghosts of the past are still hiding under my bed, Not as many as there were when you left, but scarcely enough to still remind me of y  Read More...
Published on Apr 24,2020 08:00 PM
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