Promises to Keep ilhem issaoui It was an evening on the first of October. The weather was wavering between dry and cold in the farer countryside. The unwanted flood left scattered deep ponds hither and thither. She did her best to escape the mire and to reach her father, yet her weak legs and…
Day: July 6, 2017
Metamorphosis
Childhood (Regained)
Childhood (Regained) Vrisen Kumar Singh Teacher of English language Sunbeam Bhagwanpur Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (Emulated parody to Markus Natten childhood poem) Is that today I got replenished of irrevocable loss When I am ceaselessly being credulous When needs and habits get in an alienated assortment of Moss When being ignorant is a virtue, not…
Between the Words
Between the Words Dr.Vidya Premkumar Assistant Professor of English Mithibai College, Vile Parle West, Mumbai – 400056 I tread the silent spaces blanks between the words in our messages. Rereading deconstructing not really like Derrida, just the context of our measured words. I reimagine them in other spaces, like a coffee shop over a…
Hairy Beauty
Hairy Beauty Varsha Kalyani My messed up hair, they muttered, Calls for a comb! My bushy eyebrows, they muttered, Crazily United States! My hairy upper lip, they whimpered, Cries for a razor! My double chin, they suggested, requires cutting down beauty. My hairy belly Was a sight of terror for them. My vagina with a…
The Sculptor
Musings on a Juncture!
Seven lights
Seven lights Srinivas S Assistant Professor, Sri Sathya Institute of Higher Learning. The merest shade of violet limns the verve Of wealth in woolen stealth and of the health Decembers steal from rainbows’ foremost nerve; It writes of elegance, and of the mirth That melancholy deep thro’ poetry serves To indigo estates…
Side Line
An Emotional Purgation…
An Emotional Purgation… Dr. Smrutisikta Mishra Department of English, National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal-609609. The sand of time is fleeting fast; Bringing a metamorphosis of role to cast, Castaway, shipwrecked leaf in life’s last; Is craving relentlessly, to conceal life’s traumatic and nightmarish past. Remorse and penitence of evil…