Cold/Mess
By anisha joshi in Romance | Reads: 374 | Likes: 0
4.45 am my phone rings.  I was half asleep but the blurred sight of your name brings back too many memories to be viewed with my eyes closed. My heart which I  think probably went numb years ago starts beating faster than the wings of a baby bird's first flight. I pick up the phone excited  Read More...
Published on May 9,2020 02:48 PM
Nature
By Dowris in Poetry | Reads: 374 | Likes: 1
The cool breeze hits my face And makes me refresh again    The rain drops fallen And keeps me awake   This rainbow has become the source of my happiness   Everytime I go out  this nature Pull me in its encase    All you need is a right sight and this world will bec  Read More...
Published on May 11,2020 01:07 PM
The Cuckoo's call
By Nivedita D in General Literary | Reads: 374 | Likes: 2
It was a lazy Sunday afternoon and the street was unsurprisingly quiet. The elders were having their precious midday snooze and the kids were glued on to their smartphones much like the way kids were attached to running around in the streets in the good old days. However, the quiet atmosphere was   Read More...
Published on May 16,2020 10:20 PM
Abort the BOT Within
By Vishnu in General Literary | Reads: 374 | Likes: 2
Jan 7th, 2015…. The photographer clicks a dreamy wedding picture of the groom kissing the bride with her gown braided with waves at the beach; capturing the best day of their life. Their sparkling eyes tell how madly they are in love with each other, excited to start a new life together. They  Read More...
Published on May 17,2020 10:50 PM
The Shirt
By Amarnath Nair in Mystery | Reads: 374 | Likes: 0
The touch of the fabric brought back memories, bright and bleak, happy and sad. It reminds me of him, I feel as if he is near, as if his aura surrounds me. Tears trickle down my face. I bring the sleeve closer to my eyes. He always said: "Do you know, this was the shirt I was wearing when I saw you   Read More...
Published on May 31,2020 03:43 PM
Illusion of safety
By Geeta S Nair in Poetry | Reads: 374 | Likes: 1
WE ARE SAFE Our skin was delicate, so we used leaves to cover The climate was extreme, so we used caves as shelters Food was scarce, so we hunted in groups And we thought now WE ARE SAFE Then the groups became bigger And strongest became leader Laws were formed and community developed  And we  Read More...
Published on Jun 2,2020 10:23 AM
Shadower-a broken story
By Ipsita Mishra in True Story | Reads: 374 | Likes: 1
Shadower-a broken story  Read More...
Published on Jun 4,2020 09:12 AM
Daddy, daddy, you bastard
By Priyanka Hazra in Poetry | Reads: 373 | Likes: 2
Trigger Warning: Inspired by Sylvia Plath's 'Daddy' ⚠️⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ My walls; you have painted ⁣ in Fuchsia,⁣⁣ but no more could I divorce ⁣⁣ the color from my ⁣ lovers' blood.⁣⁣ Hé toi!⁣⁣ Have you enquired about ⁣ that anytime?⁣⁣ Daddy, daddy, you bastard!⁣⁣  Read More...
Published on Apr 1,2020 12:32 PM
THE LOCKDOWN PIPERS
By subhadra kunduri in Humour & Comedy | Reads: 373 | Likes: 4
It is 11 am in the morning. I am in the midst of innumerable things. Raj comes in with a serious expression, and says, “Come on, Susie. We need to stock up. Let us go to the supermarket.” I said, “We have most things, Raj. Can’t you see that I am working from home, and doing   Read More...
Published on Apr 3,2020 08:10 PM
Cherry Blossom
By Rasi in Poetry | Reads: 373 | Likes: 0
The wait for the spring day is over Blooming cherry blossom  Love filled feeling when I see it. The joy made me forget about the fleeting time.  Made me forget how short it's life is.  As time passed by,  Fallen leaves all over the ground.  It is it's time I whispered.   Read More...
Published on Apr 24,2020 08:53 AM
World at pause for a cause
By Nivedita A in Poetry | Reads: 373 | Likes: 1
Has the world been this stillin the history of its existence?Still, it is a mystery. The world evolved over million..billion..trillion years....History recorded, researched;Still mysteries aren't unravelled.Talking about the world that this generation travelled;The oldest living human might be   Read More...
Published on Apr 27,2020 05:58 PM
Fifty years after
By Aysha Naurein in Poetry | Reads: 373 | Likes: 0
Before you be my lover, know this.  I'm flawed, raw, real. I'm flesh and bones. I'm nothing like the girls you screenshot on Instagram.  I'm made up of emotions. I cry freely. But I don't cry in front of just about anyone. And if I do it in front of you, know that I consider you a mirror o  Read More...
Published on Apr 29,2020 04:21 PM
THE DAY I MET U
By kaushik in Poetry | Reads: 373 | Likes: 2
The day i met u……… I fell in love for the second time with myself again….. I felt all the cinematic drama scenes going around me…….. I felt the cool breeze on the hot summer noon…………. I felt that the roses were born just for me to  Read More...
Published on Apr 30,2020 11:08 AM
Same Allotment
By Preeti Agrawal in Poetry | Reads: 373 | Likes: 0
Same Allotment Allotted with the same hours⌛ a day Different works and duties anyway Thinking ones way right and wrong Takes you to conflict along Why to decide, when things unknown Put on some love, shed some identity Turning inward is a necessity Time is life's great leveler Powerful indeed,&n  Read More...
Published on May 2,2020 01:51 PM
HER NEW FRIENDS
By Priya Israni in Thriller | Reads: 373 | Likes: 0
“We should rather go to coffee shop!!” she insisted. Well, they were meeting for the first time. Hi!…. The conversation started online, he was unknown to her and she was unknown to this new world. Soon, they got used to each other, continuing to converse day and night. She loved t  Read More...
Published on May 7,2020 07:26 PM