ALL LIVES MATTER
By Shravanthi Reddy in General Literary | Reads: 304 | 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
Us
By Dwaita Mondal in Poetry | Reads: 302 | 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
Dear Subconsious Mind
By Akanksha Pathania in Poetry | Reads: 301 | 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
My mother is taken granted
By sravani in Poetry | Reads: 300 | Likes: 0
You are huge and limitless,o lady!  But I was told I’m the king of this land. You are pleasing and beautiful. O lady!  But I was told that’s to serve my purpose. You have many children. O lady!  But I was told human race is the greatest. How stupid I couldn’  Read More...
Published on Apr 22,2020 10:18 PM
Rusted Memories
By Namrata Dev in General Literary | Reads: 300 | 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
It's been a while
By Nandini Chakrabarti in Poetry | Reads: 296 | 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
My Woman's Story
By Umme Kulsum in Romance | Reads: 293 | 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
Lost and Found
By Keerthana in True Story | Reads: 288 | Likes: 0
When she was born, she was not welcomed When she grew up, she was bullied. Her parents thought 'to discipline is to hit and abuse' 'to discipline is to neglect' so that she learns moral values Little did they know, this tarnished her self image.  She was struggling for an Identity The more she   Read More...
Published on May 1,2020 09:29 AM
ThankYou
By Mayukh in General Literary | Reads: 277 | 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
COVID - 19 Heroes
By Thomas Roberts in Poetry | Reads: 274 | Likes: 0
As I retire for the night and go under the sheet, But kick it off, switch on the fan unable to bear the heat. Then try as I might for the rest of the night, But cannot fall asleep, With Covid-19 running in my mind, I try to start counting sheep. Now in my mind these unruly woolies all begin to scat  Read More...
Published on Apr 23,2020 11:17 PM
If nights were never to end.
By SQ in Poetry | Reads: 271 | Likes: 0
If nights were never to end Then I'd drown myself into my thoughts Thoughts portraying my emptiness A void which is yet to be filled Choices that I made throughout my life Replaying in my head  People whom I loved way too much Or maybe not enough Forever in a conflict of saving myself Or the pe  Read More...
Published on Jun 6,2020 12:14 PM
Covid19 during World Book Day
By Dipsikha in Poetry | Reads: 269 | 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
Quarantine
By Anshul Sarsiya in Poetry | Reads: 265 | 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
Coin of the Realm
By Anupama in General Literary | Reads: 263 | Likes: 0
I woke up with a jolt. “Last stop!”, the words rang through the speakers. They were anchoring the ferry. The snack cart inside was doing its final round. I was quite full from my lunch but I couldn’t resist the whiff of freshly baked treats. Gluttony gets the upper hand when I&rsqu  Read More...
Published on May 12,2020 02:30 PM
The Welcome Rain
By Michelle Gomes in Poetry | Reads: 247 | 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
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