Gods are on the Microphone — Poems by Nashrah Tanvir
Gods are on the microphone
'cause it's easy to follow the loudest voice in the room,
It's easy to believe the ones screaming over the m
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Aug 12
Between Here and Heaven — Poems by Srishti
people name flowers to become god, but they are only a dying one at best
Jul 26
On my last day, I would just like to fold kurtas with my mother — Poems by Shivani Singh
We have run out of words, we are half-destroyed instruments, humming to the rhythm of pain. She was folding her kurtas, I lent her a hand.
Jul 25
Kissed by Rain — Poems
Rain possesses a unique ability to gently touch and subtly transform everything it encounters. Here, in this collection of poems, we celebra
Jul 23
And When the Rain Returns and other poems by Mrittika Chatterjee
And when the rain returns
let us take shelter
in lines
of empires consumed by dust and spiderwebs.
Jul 22
The City Peacock and other poems by Andrew Spacey
The City Peacock Keep returning to your exotic blues tail cascading like a fishbone waterfall over layers of alien eyes spellbound by...
Jul 14
Every raindrop is an almost snowflake — Poems by Aditi Garg
The first raindrop is welcome.
The birds hop and chirp,
the grass stretches upwards,
the mice pause the gnashing.
Jul 11
Strange Meeting of the Eyes and A Hollow Socket and other poems by Faria Fatima
Wouldn't that suffice to prove Ammi is delightful
Now that I look woman enough?
Jul 10
Birds Of January and other poems by Kanupriya Rathore
you ask me to hold the kite up higher
when it takes flight
you squint up at the sky
looking for something to cut
Jun 28
Crying in the Women-only Coach and other poems by Isha Kazmi
How beautiful it is, how obscene,
at any given second any of us in this room could die
Jun 27
Four Poems by Ihina Chakraborty
The city will never sleep until
People finally stop leaving things unsaid.
Jun 24
The Melting Kulfi and other poems by Muhammad Kamran Fiaz
The Melting Kulfi It's 2024. AI is engulfing everything. There was an epidemic four years ago. Climate change is everywhere. Now I...
Jun 21
Memorypuram Mortgage and other poems by Anushri Muthusamy
Summer's Anatomy The curtains and the drying clothes won't cease dancing to the tunes of summer air's acapella. Do not stop, free us from...
Jun 10
A lover’s goodbye and other poems by Grace Aonok
Goodbyes are inexorable
Ours was meant
To be this way
Sad as it was,
A lover’s goodbye
Could only be as sweet.
May 31
This world needs poetry more than it needs prayers — Three poems by Shruti Sonal
I have been told countless number of times,
That my poetry doesn't rhyme anymore
It doesn't have any fixed metre or rhythm
May 17
Homesick for Another World / Poems by Themreichon Leisan
Themreichon Leisan comes from the scenic mountain region of Ukhrul, Manipur. An avid reader, she enjoys writing book reviews and crafting...
Mar 18
Pain is just another word for you / Poems by Bhairavi Ponkshe
Grief is a synonym for everything that doesn't come back. I'm made of waiting and patience. Or perhaps an aphasia that doesn't last long....
Feb 17
Feet of Mountains and other poems by Kamal Jeet Choudhary
Tell me one thing Tell me one thing How do you unearth A squirrel in yourself When I am hiding a groundnut Inside the roots of my being...
Feb 7
God Comes With a Hairdryer / Three Poems by Anandi Kar
God Comes With a Hairdryer It's not too late to dust the leaves of the houseplants speckled with bits of chewed fingernails. Daughters...
Jan 26
A Speech for A Dictator / Three Poems by Ganesh Puthur
Three Poems by Ganesh Puthur (Recipient of Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in Malayalam language, 2023) A Speech for a Dictator One day I...
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