Defeating Pain through Verity of Verse
Dr. Neelanjana Pathak on Doomsday Defiance: Defeating Pain through Verity of Verse” Research Chronicler is a peer-reviewed refereed & indexed International Multidisciplinary both online & print bi-monthly research journal that aims to provide a much-needed forum to the researchers and creative writers who believe that research can transform the world in a positive manner and […]
BOOK REVIEW
Praise Song For My Childrenby Patricia Jabbeh Wesley (Autumn House Press, Pittsburgh, USA) Price: $18.95Reviewed by Neil LeadbeaterPatricia Jabbeh Wesley is the author of five collections of poetry: When the WanderersCome Home, Where the Road Turns, The River Is Rising, Becoming Ebony and Before thePalm Could Bloom: Poems of Africa. Her poems have appeared in […]
On Your Deathbed
The phone call came one late evening. As for my lack of understanding, I have only myself to blame. My uncle’s voice sounded out of the ordinary. I, however, did not pursue the situation with any query. “Your mother is back in the hospital; she had some fluid collecting in her abdomen; doctors have done […]
Infinite Time
I will show you the originof infinite timewhere the darknessinseparable from the light can be seen only throughchanging seasonsspring budssummer blossomsautumn leaves andwrinkled winter skins.The nature of timeis not loneliness but companionship.Exhale isolationstretch handscatch the lightinhale loveopen the doors of your heart andlet feet dance to the music of life thefragrance of passion.
In Search of Light
Let’s danceholding hands.The silence trickling inbetween usmore tellingthan the conversation.In your eyessaturated with sadnessI see my lonelinessturned inside out.Like a prayer on lipsyou come to me in tiny wordsnever as a sacramentno matter how hard I pray.
THE RING OF PHILOSOPHY
Everyone has their own face. In poetry, art, and prose , they have a philosophical echo A night with frost crowns autumn. Shrouded in the radiance of holiness, The one who collected the sapphires of lives from heaven, He draws a motif for everyone, In a rush of searching for all meanings. Rhyming yourself on […]
Nature
Majestic pictures of natural beauty, The clock freezes in delight of the universe, How beautiful nature is always! We’re admiring. The soul rests with her. We are enchanted by the distant azure sunset, Clouds that are flying somewhere in the sky, And the whimsicality of the forms, and the boundless expanse, And the night sigh […]
Self-Discovery
The external world Resides within my psyche. I harbor disdain for that world, Reflecting my inner animosity… Does this scorn equate to self-loathing? Does this also reflect the inner chaotic plight? A maze of shadows, veiled from sight. Yet amidst darkness, dawn breaks free, With cosmic whispers, awakening souls to be. In the calm of […]
Navigating Infinity in Futility
My frantic quest to grasp infinity Leaves me floundering in darkness, Never melting into the dawn. Caught amidst the infinitely chaotic Planetary dichotomy of truth and falsehood, Good and evil, Virtue and vice, Light and darkness, Joy and sorrow, That perpetually engage in a game of hide-and-seek, My thoughts and gazes flutter, Gaining momentum, yet […]
Almighty “I”
Unable to sleep, Ipray all nightfor the day to dawn. And when it does, Ifeel so proud,for having made it happen!