Poetry

To Irom Shormila Your sacrifice to redeem a people Surviving persecution fills me with pride To be part of the same humanity. Yet it shames me – a...

Parched cracking earth stark, skeletoned trees skin stretched over brittle ribs of gaunt starved cattle. Old wrinkled eyes staring at silent skies bony calloused palms open upwards in despair. Harmless cottony clouds mockingly...

Castaway in rugged rock sharpened shore I looked for faces Death an anomic island Where no babies play No passionate lover kisses No amber sun shines and shrinks No far...

I closed my eyes and stood still Freeze, a bird flew by me whispered I could hear leaves murmuring Icy wind softly penetrates my skin. Alone on the...

I didn’t believe that I live in this world; Till I realized that you were my world!!! Now I don’t have a planet to dwell… It...

  The day was blooming with delight I was walking with my mind on height When her site caught my attention near my boot She was raven black,...

Am I imaging it or do I hear Amidst all cacophony, Laments that seem to emanate from nowhere. Shh..Shh..listen ,listen, listen, The plaintive cries of the distressed earth Urging...

You! Stop. Listen. You can, right? Devine melody coming out of a blind heart. Stop, my friend, and listen to it – angels are singing. Or it is a cry from...