Anupama: Letter

Parthasarthy Jena parthnewdelhi@gmail.com New Delhi Thousands scents/ Thousands whispers Come up--- From this unwrapped envelope Thousand dreams run through/get hitched I walk along with the smudged parallels/ Evening flowers And the verdant sky I walk along the boulevard In drizzle Walk along the moonlit sky Walk into the canoe The boatman sings castles and the princes/ Butterflies play up Along the shore/  The...

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Dancing With Kalia Dhana

Silke Liria Blumbach Berlin, Germany Photo © & courtesy- Rajika Puri Who was your dancer, I am asked. You were the most radiant  dancing couple of the night! two records spinning on the turntable drew me in like big big eyes  I found myself whirling at the speed of light through all-colours, no-colours and edge  embracing the beat of a wooden heart  with whom have I been dancing  the light...

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A Round Pair

Dr Kumarendra Mallick Hyderabad You played the usual trick,  Under the pretest of beauty You gave men and women Almond and fish-shaped eyes With a narrow corner To hold smiles and tear Love and anger Joys and fear, And designed for self A lovely round pair With no beginning no end, always so wide no secret corners emotions known to us to hide. You have a pan-view, you see the whole and real And not...

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On my way

Manish Kumar Rout I stopped and pondered, as he marred a valid point, but before I could answer, the other on the left replied.. "I was with you always, encouraging your every move, and it was I for whom, you have to reach your goal. You have to move one, for the others are doing so, if you wait for the others, you will have nowhere to go." "You have to make compromises, for that's the way of life, you have to compete, give...

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