Happiness is…: A poem by Vasumathi Arvind
Happiness is the first cry of a newborn An explosion of feelings, it is motherhood born. Happiness is the first raindrop on the parched earth...
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Happiness is…: A poem by Nisha Raviprasad
the dawdling dusk seemed to linger some more and on the beach drifting into sleepy gray were chiaroscuros, most running about in a mad frenzy...
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Tranquility: A poem by Uma Natarajan
In the peaceful stillness of the nightTranquility draws me closer to mystical moonlightGazing at the vast Shimmering sky looking brightDelicate winds sing the serene tune...
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Growing up to be me: A poem by Gomathi Mohan
Every time my giggles were silenced – “they didn’t behove of a girl”, I grew up to hate myself, within a shell I began to...
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And I grew up: A poem by Rajni Sinha
Frisking with the rabbitsFluttering with the birdsVying with the butterfliesTo reach the beautiful flowers.Up with sunriseTo catch the dewThat was my childhoodDo believe me please...
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The way one grows…: A poem by Fatima Afshan
I was born into a dream world. There were lights, love, beauty, and smiles. A child in me plucked a flower and smelt it. When...
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Myth breakers: A poem by Geethanjali Dilip
Sound waves traveled magically creating music in a box, Fascination was a fairy tale when the unknown stayed under locks, Someone had to end that...
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And I grew up: A poem by Shamsul Haq
My body being smirched, yet quite happier at the heart’s coreBlaming none, swelling sprightly like a balloon for an unabated flyAn aim to mingle with...
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Discipline to the fore: A poem by Julian Sujendran
Strict adherence to ethics was the watchword of the past. Ethics that stood, the tests of the past. I searched for a meaning of...
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Red: A poem by Gomathi Mohan
Red Riding Hood and the wicked wolf’s fairytale, Santa Claus in candy apple suit, hearty and hale. Raspberry, strawberry apple, cherry, glowing in red like...
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Khwaahishein: A poem by Rajeev Kumar Das
हर हुनर को तराशना सिखलाए ख़्वाहिशें सारी दुनिया जीतना सिखलाए ख़्वाहिशें जीने की तमन्ना रखा करें ज़माने ख़ातिर मौत के मुँह से लड़ना सिखलाए ख़्वाहिशें दौर गुज़रने पर पछताकर हँसी बन जाओगे वक्त के साथ चलना सिखलाए ख़्वाहिशें बिन सपने जिंदगी निकम्मों सी हो जाती है पसीने में हर पल तैरना सिखलाए ख़्वाहिशें याद कर सलामत है इतिहास जिनका आज सबसे जुदा कुछ करना सिखलाए ख़्वाहिशें अनमोल रिश्तों की क़दर हर कोई नहीं करते तन्हाई में खूब तड़पना सिखलाए ख़्वाहिशें जाँ की बाज़ी अजनबी को भी लगाने आए ग़ैरों के लिए आँसू भरना सिखलाए ख़्वाहिशें अनाथालय में बुज़ुर्ग सुकून तलाशने लगे हैं श्रवण कुमार हो जाना सिखलाए ख़्वाहिशें पति पुरुषार्थ समर्पित कर दे अर्द्धांगिनी पर पत्नी को सावित्री बनना सिखलाए ख़्वाहिशें वक्त संग ना चले कगार के पेड़ कहलाते हैं हर दौर के साथ ढलना सिखलाए ख़्वाहिशें सियासी ग़द्दारों से मुल्क जब तबाह होने लगे वतन के लिए जान देना सिखलाए ख़्वाहिशें
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Red: A poem by Geethanjali Dilip
Infrared rays permeating within the soul as angst, In a mute scream whose echoes go unheard under molesting gangs, Rad alert of mob fury answering...
