My crescent-shaped loverAppeared breath-taking
Playing hide and seek
With my senses and my mind
The date was promising.Following me everywhere
I could not decide
If he looked…
When the Mehendi grew dark
In the wee hours of the morning
She woke up to the smell of it
And began to imagine
How he would lose his senses
By the intoxicating aroma.Months of…
If only the night was morning
And the morning was night
Would silence exchange
Its exasperating breath
With the constant din?
Would the clock ticking away
Wait for everyone
To…
Glowworms flash
In the remote spider webs
Gathering an unknown emotion
Waiting to be acknowledged.Quivering across the lanes
They rush to the road
Full of upheavals
Rain…
Ernest Hemingway, while sending his manuscript of ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ to his Editor Wallace Meyer, wrote a note: "I know that it is the best I can write ever for all of my life, I…
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Born on May 13, 1916, prolific writer Sachidananda Rautray, popularly known as Sachi Rautray, came to the limelight mostly after the publication of his long poem ‘Baji Rout’. His poem ‘Chota…
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