Poems Archives - The Riptide

Clouds

By Simran Ramsay

Time moves differently when you gaze at something beautiful. This musing slows time around nature’s spectacle of clouds in the sky.

Clouded by You

By Aastha Katyal Pant

A cloud can be a poet’s muse or a poet’s enemy. This piece is one of persistence despite the blues a cloud brings, and striving through it.

Circus of Life

By Simran Ramsay

Each of us has a role to play. Sometimes on a stage, sometimes in a circus. Read about one such circus called life.

A Tough Act to Follow

By Ekasmayi Naresh

A hauntingly descriptive poem about the gorgeously solemn experience and spectacle that is a circus, from surreal memories.

The Aesthetic of a Battle Sword: April Issue: The Show Must Go On

The Show & The Goings-On

By Ekasmayi Naresh

A poem on raging storm and battle: transcending victories and losses, for even in death, the show must go on.

Grandma

By Devi Dang

A poem dedicated to a grandmother: the pillar of a monument called family.

To Be a Writer

This musing talks about how sometimes, our words and sentiments are not ours alone; they belong to the writers who have come before us.

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Fabric of Narration

By Preeti Kathuria

When Truth becomes pliable, it falls upon the reader to distinguish fact from opinion. Read about narratives in news here, in this poem.

Travel Plans for Summer 2020

By Hetvi Kamdar

2020 has changed the way we way a million different things. One such major change has been caused in the way we travel now.

The Unbroken Continuance

By Preeti Kathuria

“The unbroken continuance, ticking a rhythmic trance. Once housed in the cuckoo clock, flew off in a single rare instance…”

The Journeys We Make

By Ekasmayi Naresh

“Undeniable is the pleasure
of the journeys that spurring speedometers measure… Yet all in the hunt for a destination most dear
to meet one’s own reflection with a smile.”

Journey

By Aalia Jagwani

Sometimes the most memorable travels are the ones we take within ourselves. Read about one such journey, and dialogue in poetry.