The telomeres of my twenty- three pairs
Of chromosomes, are now shorter than they were;
The seven and thirty trillion cells of my body
Are just beyond rejuvenation and repair!
Continue reading The Elusive Fountain Of Youth – Poem by Gulnar Raheem Khan
The blue sky, the white waves
The rise and the fall
The ebb and the flow
The feel of wet sand beneath my feet
Footprints of mine being washed away
Children building sandcastles
Teens chasing the waves gleefully
Couples walking hand in hand
Oh! What a lovely sight
This is heaven!
Continue reading Reflections By The Beach – Poem by Suja Ram
I sat on the patio looking around, unmasked,
asking myself myriad questions,
basking in little magical moments, multi-tasking.
Beguiled by a squirrel scurrying along, a robin singing a song,
a lapwing delicately maneuvering its way
across the rain-drenched ground- a fashionista self-styled.
Continue reading Masking \ Unmasking – Poem by Santosh Bakaya
She wanders around the blooming flowers,
Fresh as the morning dew, exuberant as the sunrise.
Oh I could gaze at her for hours,
She stole my heart the day I set my eyes.
Continue reading My pride, My Honour – Poem by Preethi Warrier
As we stroll down the pebble-strewn path
To the waves crashing the basalt shoreline
Hold on to my hand tightly, my baby.
I will teach you which pebbles to dodge
And which roaring waves to avoid.
Continue reading I Won’t Teach You That – Poem by Shweta Singh
An epitome of chastity and calm
Her serene waters belie an inner fortitude.
She cleanses our aberrations and sins
And flows relentlessly in solitude.
Continue reading And Calmly She Flows – Poem by Priya Washikar
A few have just returned from reaping crops, dry cheeks ruddy from cold
Grass blades glued on their handsewn clothes, Still panting from the exertion
Hands parched scratched from digging out tubers from hard earth
Tiny fingers frayed, a few swollen tender
Continue reading The Humble Childhood – Poem by Kokila Gupta
The UN had tried to negotiate with,
The warring trespassers.
But alas! As anticipated,
The negotiations failed.
Berated, bruised and banged
Her vituperative outburst was slammed
For all her turmoil, she was jabbed and blamed
Her character was splintered and maligned
Continue reading Her Womanhood – Poem by Avni Rahul Katakkar
When I was growing up, my father’s books were a constant source of fascination and awe for me. Since both my parents were into reading, it wasn’t long before I was baptized too. We moved house often which meant my hoard couldn’t move en masse every time. Besides, like every kid growing up in the eighties, it was a given that there were only as many books the parents would buy.
Desperate souls like me looked outward, borrowed from friends and to make the buck last longer, plan and buy in such a way that our collection never overlapped. Then there were the libraries, a piece of heaven. To this day libraries take me back to my childhood reminding me that there are good things in this world. They are like power banks where I can go and recharge myself.
Continue reading 7 Libraries In India Spreading Joy And More – Featured Post By Shivani Salil
