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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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creator, creation
By Vasundhara Singh
A poem on the season of creation: spring! Written using the word for ‘spring’ in multiple languages, and the poet’s interpretation of it.
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Alive for the Ardour
By Ekasmayi Naresh
A poem about how ardour finds its way out in one way or the other. Sometimes it can even look like the ink in one’s journal.
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Perusing for a Passion
By Ekasmayi Naresh
This poem gazes at the poet herself as a mosaic: a combination of all the little passion-filled endeavours and affections that make her whole
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What Lies Waiting?
By Ekasmayi Naresh
A vivid image and fantasy-filled landscape are presented by this poem about the mysteries of all that lies behind a door.
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The Door We Don’t See
By Preeti Kathuria
This poem talks about each aspect of the world beyond a door that it shields us from.
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Doors
By Simran Ramsay
Facing a problem is challenging when there are many ways out, other than the right thing to do. This poem shows the outcome of 3 such doors.
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My Rearview Mirror
By Krishna Advani
The following poem is on the deceptively rosy picture that the past often appears as in the metaphorical ‘rearview mirror’, seeming to be far brighter than the colours of the present.
CAUTION: Objects seem brighter than they appear.
Ending on the Right Note
By Ekasmayi Naresh
During this cheer and optimism, the poet finds herself ignoring the misfortunes of the year that passed, distracting herself with tinsel and baubles.
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