These poems drift through lit chambers of wakefulness, dreaming of error, darkness, and the old, broken mercy of sleep.
Waves blur into memories, dreams fracture and fade, and a fragile heart drifts between fire, rain, and forgotten promises.
Silence gathers around us, and in that pause, Pablo Neruda lets the trembling world reveal its hidden wounds and brief hopes.
A surreal journey through Keats’s visions — nightingale’s song, steadfast star, and autumn’s fading warmth merging into dreamlike abstraction.
The poignant poems of Rafeeq Ahmed, deftly translated, touch the veins of village life at Kerala, negotiating constantly between tradition and modernity.
Douvre’s poems are short moments on the surface of life, scattered like breaths over observations both searing and bright.
Journalist, poet and media personality Pritish Nandy shares a candid chat with Subhadrakalyan.
Although “If” remains Kipling’s most abiding poem, here are four other poems to celebrate his poetic contribution on his birthday.
Mohan Rana's poems explore living in the present times, pieces that sing of memory and deep reflection.
I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we loved? Were we not weaned till then? But sucked on country pleasures, childishly?
Sweet malida. A mix of water-softened flattened rice, sugar, dried fruits and nuts, was a dish made
The song I came to sing remains unsung to this day. I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument.
The past was deep. The fairy lights were black and white. As if everything was lost in a film scene from the prime time.
CREDO I am; we are A million miles or more from our nearest star. We absorb us, I absolve me, Profligate in our insensitivity. One
Here are three rare sublime poems, from ‘The Collected Poems’ by James Joyce.
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.
