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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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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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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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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Grandma
Is It Really Me?
By Ekasmayi Naresh
A poem on crossing the revolving door of real and reel, into the cloakroom of existence by a vivid dreamer.
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