Will we meet on the auctioned banks of our boats in mid river of unspoken news?
The poignant poems of Rafeeq Ahmed, deftly translated, touch the veins of village life at Kerala, negotiating constantly between tradition and modernity.
Huzaifa’s heart-rending poem speaks of the angst, the silent, frustrating, regretful wait of entire generations.
In Ronald’s poem, life is a state of ever-wait, layers of hope and sadness chipping away at the corners of stillness.
Nostalgia, longing and pain wrap tightly as the poet ruminates on the steady loss of his childhood home.
A poet’s introspection on a passing day, of hope and rejuvenation in life.
The poem ruminates on the journey of life which for most embodies a cyclical story of an endless wait.
The poem intends to expose the hollowness of Goddess worship in a society that disrespects women daily.
Three poems by Sarojini Naidu from 'The Golden Threshold' published in 1905. Naidu is one of the first major female poets in Indian-English literature.
18 May is celebrated worldwide as International Museum Day. Thomas Hardy's poem celebrates the British Museum.
The night’s a complete washout/ The eyes can’t hold the ocean/Flooding the parched soil/And does its own thing/with the mascara, the eyeliner
The one who sets in motion strange, impossible/Works, that once begun/ will stretch forth into space and time,/towards a history yet unborn,
Two poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of the most oft-quoted Romantic poet. He was considered a spontaneous and radical poet in his lifetime and
Poems by Victorian author Emily Bronte. Emily wrote poems under the pen name Ellis Bell.
Three Stories and Ten Poems by Ernest Hemingway was first published in 1923 in Paris. The book is now available in the public domain.
Joy Harjo, poet laureate of the USA belongs to First Nationa poetic tradition and draws inspiration from indigenous histories of storytelling, myths and symbols.
