Winter039s Fall

by Akshay Raja With the backdoor hue turning mist, The day does lend a true sad wish The clouds up gather for a final song Thunders last break! ding n dong! Nature’s up with beauty it can Sharing its glow, with the river it ran Through the tress that shed leaves to […]

Tonic For Victory

by Akshay Raja hey warrior this is for you For one who lost his ways and view Who has a longing thought to press on For one who has hope still standing on! Still counting to be lone and frown? Aching but panics to drown Grasping life for the sweetest past […]

The Tiger039s Roar

by Akshay Raja With his or her words to reign Empty mind gone to drain People did try to strain Bold and courage had the pain. They took methods up so bad Brave warriors hit the sack Evil rule no dignity they had As a ball that hit we bounce back! […]

The New Path

by Akshay Raja Daring prince to lead my path Gusty wind to bear my wrath To seek pride i walk my route Swing my way through roots and shoots. Awakened cry a hell of song My heart fro back, ding n dong Creepy justice all to give Kill my lies for […]

Rain Falls

by Akshay Raja The morning glow shines a day,That’s still hard, still far away,With thousands of hands, trying to reachNew words, the day will preach,Of mighty words, almighty blowsOf the splendor, thee world showsWith the savior in us says it allListen! The RAIN will fall! listen, the birds chants hymnsChirps, but still […]

Peace Or Glory

by Akshay Raja A haunted dream reeling in My bloodshot eyes on the prowl With hours of darkness reeling in Should I dream or do howl? Streaming nests of bats flock in None to ask, just can scream With my scream so good will cost these thin A penny more for […]

Have Lost You

by Akshay Raja Lonely am i now On my soul stitches been made Shared my heart with something new Taught me it’s own way! You’re on my heart On my soul, but have lost you, Uttering words spoke by me, EACH STILL SEARCHING FOR YOU! consider this as a […]

Further You Go Longer You Stay

by Akshay Raja I once lived with you Liked my days and lived as you Gave my life for my heart that beats Threw me out like worn out seeds Never looked back… you’ve left me ‘n’ gone Passed the days where you’ve shown At the […]

Frozen Heart 2

by Akshay Raja The path i take on a windy mist A way to love full of turns ‘n’ twist A heart am lone, and cries below A soul filled with rain and snow. The sleekest dawn to smile across The grass that tears the heavenly pass Lacking to shed smiles […]

Fears Get Away

by Akshay Raja Had my heart to cry, when I was young Did squeal out, out with my tongue Had a feel to go forth Like oil in a boiling broth Took forward on the steps of freedom This world now became my kingdom Now my fears wept with lashes Hit them, […]

Dreamer

by Akshay Raja A humble heart trying to Be with you all day Craving for only you Day and night to lead my way! You’re the world which pleasures i seek Craving thy marble stone You’re the world and am a geek Swirling lone and lone! You’re the breeze to […]

Don039t Lose Hope

by Akshay Raja don’t lose hope when you are losing don’t fool yourself with your thoughts fading your mind shows a voice talking to you tell it what and who are you you’re brave, strong, and smart will you cry for not winning a lot? of course man you are born to […]

Counting My Past

by Akshay Raja Rolling back on a dusty road Hoping you know my name, my word That lasts a day or year or so Shed my days, with joy you know! Hoping you’re my guest a day A spot we fixed, and panics to stay Still thoughts lurk growing too far […]

A Friend Forever

by Akshay Raja A humble heart trying to Be with you all day Craving for only you Day and night to lead my way! You’re the world which pleasures i seek Craving thy marble stone You’re the world and am a geek Swirling lone and lone! You’re the breeze to […]

Your Dream

by Ajmer Rode If you have forgotten your dream don’t worry I saw it with my own eyes. The figure that stood before you with a bouquet of fresh roses was not me The arm that wrapped round your waist tightly was not mine, nor the fingers that stroked your hair. […]

When I Married Halld R Laxness

I watched the froth go down and the yellow liquid rise to meet it. I twisted the glass around and it tipped over and spilled on his arthritic knee. I looked to the side and didn’t apologize. His beautiful bony fingers flicked off the foam in separate particles as if it was incidental lint he […]

What Peace Is Like

by Aju Mukhopadhyay Peace is like the early rays of the Sun, slightly auburn, spreading on the eastern sky. Peace is like the mild setting Sun, sure of its return, splashing colours on the western sky. Peace is like the rising full moon, bright in its orb, from above the rows of […]

Upside Down

It’s funny how beetles and creatures like that can walk upside down as well as walk flat. They crawl on a ceiling and climb on a wall without any practice or trouble at all. While I have been trying for a year (maybe more) and still I can’t stand with my head on […]

Unrequited Pathological

by Aideen Henry I am jealous of the air he breathes and displaces, the water that washes over him, lingering randomly in horizontal bodily fossae, the mirror he peers into, the comb that traces his hair pattern, the aftershave that lingers on his face, the clothes that variously enfold him, the socks that […]

Transient

by Ainne Frances dela Cruz In my old age, my parents have decided to give me space: a room of my own complete with a bed and a view of the woods beside our house. As the body grows older it grows inflexible, it seems either that or my bed is […]

To The Serpent

by Aime Cesaire I have had occasion in the bewilderment of cities to search for the right animal to adore. So I worked my way back to the first times. Undoing cycles untying knots crushing plots removing covers killing hostages I searched. Ferret. Tapir. Uprooter. Where where where the animal who warned me […]

To The Nameless Soldier

by Afzal Moolla Your orders may come now, or at 19h45 this evening. ‘Shoot to kill’ ”Engage the enemy’ ‘Hold the line’ ‘Break up the gathering’ ‘Ready, aim, fire’ But you have felt too, the stab of hunger, the bite of thirst, the bayonet of loss, the wound of despair. […]

The Woman And The Flame

by Aimé Césaire A bit of light that descends the springhead of a gaze twin shadow of the eyelash and the rainbow on a face and round about who goes there angelically ambling Woman the current weather the current weather matters little to me my life is always ahead of a hurricane you […]

The Wolf039s Postcript To 039little Red Riding Hood039

by Agha Shahid Ali First, grant me my sense of history: I did it for posterity, for kindergarten teachers and a clear moral: Little girls shouldn’t wander off in search of strange flowers, and they mustn’t speak to strangers. And then grant me my generous sense of plot: Couldn’t I have […]

The Riddle

by ahcene mariche I dressed a lot of persons I patched clothes to many others The rich as well as the poor I took off thorns To the sick I pierced boils I also pierced plenty of ears Most people need me They can’t do without me I adorned too many […]

The Queen

by Ahmed Mohammed The Queen When she was fifteen She was the Princess You have got to confess The Queen is keen You can’t say she’s mean Her children run And have fun In the sun. She stops fights In the nights In time she stops crime She ate a tart And […]

The Poisoned Present

by ahcene mariche The present you offered me is poisoned You should know this oh! The beneficent! It shines like a star A frame as nice as a parapet You admire it so much For me it is worthless You need to impress others Always looking for someone prestigious But I […]

The Markets Are Down 2 Amp A Quarter

by Afzal Moolla banish the hubris, toss away the choice words, spoken by rotten broken tongues, silence the chorus of appalled shock. shred the sermons, burn down the gory edifices, the churches, mosques, temples, for mutedly hushed their Gods they mock. drain the sewage, […]

The Maharishi And The Baby

by Ajmer Rode The Maharishi whispers: the flesh is Maya, the lie the soul is eternal, the truth. The baby inside a starved womb insists it must come out, needs more flesh. The maharishi and the baby in the womb stare across into each other’s eyes. Blue […]

The Immigrant

by Afzal Moolla Seeking solace.  Seeking a home. The immigrant finds, Rotten prejudice.  Fungal anger.   The immigrant, alone, hoping for, A solitary chance.  To belong.  The immigrant, alone, always, An outside entity.  Eternal outcast.  A viral threat.  A reeking odour.  […]

The Fallen House

by Aju Mukhopadhyay The Fallen House I was in my prime youth when I left the house flooded by different hues in different rooms- satin blue of the sky and pinkish love-rose blooms bright yellow of the sun in the stairs youth-wild green in the balcony; ‘twas a grandiose affair […]

The Poetry That Is Life

The theme of the traditional poet Was not of life. In the barren expanse of his imagination He conversed with his mistress and wine Living in an imaginary world He was a captive Held by a beloved’s funny tresses. As for others, They held, in one hand a cup In the other A mistress’s […]

Take My Hands

by Ajmer Rode Take my two hands make eight feet of them give them to the spider I soaked in hot water in my kitchen sink. I will hide my arms in long sleeves, will finish the last painting with brush in my teeth but take my two hands. If the […]

Tablet

As the dark cloud passed, I in the crimson shadow of the moon viewed the square and the streets an octopus stretching a languid leg in every direction toward a black swamp. And on the cold cobblestones a crowd stood, so many and in the midst a prolonged aticipation bordering on despair and weariness. […]

Stroll In A Particle

by Ajmer Rode If you can find a path into it there is enough space in this particle to stroll for a lifetime. Blue Meditations Poetry Monster – Home A few random poems:   External links Bat’s Poetry Page – […]

Stones

by Afzal Moolla Making tea for two, alone. Tears mingling with the Earl of Grey, desolate. A heart shredded, leaving only wasted murmurs,  wasted breaths. A soul hardened, all alone. A heart aching, to beat. The heart slips, among scattered stones. Afzal Moolla […]

Spanish Banks

by Ajmer Rode The grey sands invite me to follow the receding sea water to recognize a clam shell that could be the house where my ancestors began. I walk slowly with respect. Blue Meditations Poetry Monster – Home A few random poems: […]

Somber Song

In a leaden dawn the horseman stands silent, and the long mane of his horse is disheveled in the wind. Oh God, God, horsemen should not stand still when things are imminent. By the burnt hedge the girl stands silent, and her thin skirt moves in the wind. Oh God, God, girls should not […]

Poem65

by Ai We smile at each other and I lean back against the wicker couch. How does it feel to be dead? I say. You touch my knees with your blue fingers. And when you open your mouth, a ball of yellow light falls to the floor and burns a hole through it. […]

Playing With Big Numbers

by Ajmer Rode The human mind is essentially qualitative. As you know, we are easily excited by pinks and purples, triangles and circles and we endlessly argue over true and false, right and wrong. But quantitative analyses rarely touch our souls. Numbers were invented mainly by men to trick each other. […]