April
Vol. 1, No. 2

Khurshid Alam

The Pied Piper Revisits

 An old lady, aged between 65‐68, is running away from the city. 

Mahi Khetarpal

Unfinished

you are immutable,for in any other state you are intolerable. contemplation is your constant, and so mine, as I hug my knee in mirror of your bronzed fashion.

Mahi Khetarpal

His heart’s guardian

 His brutish fingers clawed for violence penetrate his own chest, wrenches from himself his heart’s shield and formed the guardian of his heart.

K. Babu Joseph

Nothing

Searched my whole being my self my inner sanctum for a power push to throw open my doors of perception no there isn’t anything inside

Dr Suruchi Arora

A Friend in Me

Swayed by breeze, lost my course. Tossed by waves, struggled to float. Repaired the ship, reinforced the hull, strengthened helm, retrained to sail.

Dr Suruchi Arora

Hear my Song

I sing to you songs of joy. You plug your ears, to listen to phone. My wings do break, yet, you can fly.

Dr Suruchi Arora

Truth Be Told

Then, I thought I knew the Truth. I believed in Sun, the earth was flat and roses pink, so I would write. The ink, the words, if it’s seen it must be real.

Ramachandran Rajasekharan

War And Death

 Why canoe to the line sea touch the sky? An insect that flies to hot flame weds death towards red burning flames eclipse, moths fly.

Sagar Mal Gupta

Ways of the World

A cricketer who is out at zero May feel a pang of envy For the one who raises the bat At the full century mark. An IAS aspirant who fails to make the grade May find it harder For those classmates who have scaled the heights And donned the coveted badge.

Dr. K V Dominic

Anguish over the Present Wars between Russia and Ukraine, Israel and Palestine

Let me begin my paper with a famous quote from the renowned British philosopher and logician Bertrand Russell: “War does not determine who is right – only who is left.”

Maria Miraglia

INQUIETUDE

She arrives comes in slams the door furiously and throws the keys away to keep her far I beseech aid to Reason that smiles at me like a mom does when a baby poses a weird question so I turn to Patience that straightaway tells me wait wait

Maria Miraglia

MOON

THE CELESTIAL BODY

How much made the bright lady people dream and how many fall in love making them hover as majestic birds

Alan Jacobs

Dr. Dalip Khetarpal’s ‘Refractions’—an Overview

Dr. Dalip Khetarpal may best be termed a Brilliant Poetic Innovator and at the same time a Poetic Genius. I quote from his own introduction