Solitude : Umberto Saba
Solitude The changing seasons, sunlight and darkness,alter the world, which, in its sunny aspectcomforts us, and with its clouds brings … Continue reading Solitude : Umberto Saba
Solitude The changing seasons, sunlight and darkness,alter the world, which, in its sunny aspectcomforts us, and with its clouds brings … Continue reading Solitude : Umberto Saba
The bird said:”What a scent, what a sun,ahspring has comeand I will go search for my mate.”From the balcony’s railing … Continue reading The Bird was Just a Bird: Forough Farrokhzad
Paa-Nan, the Nomad MusicianFrom under a fully mature treethe frail bodied man was playing the musical instrument.Dust and dry leaves … Continue reading Paa-Nan, the Nomad Musician : Anar
Where to Live West of the flower washing stream,Not far downstream from the bridge,The master has chosen a quiet spotHere … Continue reading Where to Live – Du Fu
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Smoke and sweat seeped throughyour waiter’s vest, and nights off you’d playthe harmonica on the rooftop, a man madeout of … Continue reading What Is Handed Down : Ada Limón
When I do think my meanest line shall beMore in Time’s use than my creating whole,That future eyes more clearly … Continue reading Sonnet : Fernando Pessoa
Hello, my readers, I Wish you a very happy, healthy and peaceful New Year! May our eyes seek beauty in … Continue reading A Heart Prayer: R. Harold Kushner
After a while you learn the subtle differenceBetween holding a handAnd chaining a soul.And you learn that love doesn’t mean … Continue reading On the last day of the year…
કેટલાંક અવતરણ પુસ્તકમાંથી”ધુમ્મસને પારો બનાવીને હથેળી ઉપર ટકાવવું એટલે ગઝલ લખવી.”*”ગઝલ લોકાર્પણ પામી છે, ત્યારે મુખવટા પર સ્મિત ફેલાયું છે … Continue reading ચૂંટેલા શેર : શોભિત દેસાઈ
Intezaar/ Waiting They are waiting for us to become civilized And we are waiting for them to become human….. ….. … Continue reading Two Poems: Jacinta Kerketta
अप्रसिद्धि बचाती है प्रतिस्पर्धा की प्रताड़ना से सुंदर, श्रेयस्कर बने रहने की बोझिल लालसा से क़ाबिलियत की करोनी को, देसी … Continue reading हिंदी कविता : यशस्वी पाठक
My Greatest Need Is You Your hope in my heart is the rarest treasure Your Name on my tongue is … Continue reading Two Poems: Rabi’a al-Basri
~ બાબુલાલ ચાવડા ‘આતુર’ source : ‘પદ્ય’ જુલાઈ-સપ્ટેમ્બર 2023 Continue reading ગઝલ : બાબુલાલ ચાવડા ‘આતુર’
Name: Vajesinh Pargi. Born: 1963. Village: Itawa. District: Dahod, Gujarat. Community: Adivasi Panchamahali Bhil. Family members: Father, Chiska Bhai. Mother, … Continue reading A Tribute to Vajesinh Pargi
“ભલભલા સંપાદકો, તંત્રીઓ અને લેખકોને કાન પકડાવે તેવી ભાષાકીય સૂઝ અને ગુજરાતી ભાષા પરની પકડ વજેસિંહ પાસે છે. તેમનું ભાષાજ્ઞાન … Continue reading વજેસિંહ પારગી : ‘મળવા જેવા માણસ’ને મળવાનું રહી ગયું
Pain Pain is a master who makes us small, a fire burning us poorer, it splits us from our daily … Continue reading Pain : Hermann Hesse
Kuroda Momoko is one of Japan’s most active and highly regarded haiku poets. She has published six haiku collections over … Continue reading Haiku : Momoko Kuroda
Enchanted by Outside You peg the last of your failing sun into a groundsheet and twilight nestles on your skin, … Continue reading Enchanted by Outside : Joanne Key
Mário Raul de Morais Andrade (October 9, 1893 – February 25, 1945) was a Brazilian poet, novelist, musicologist, art historian … Continue reading Moment : Mário Raul de Morais Andrade
O troupe of little vagrants of the world, leave your footprints in my words. The mystery of creation is like … Continue reading Stray Birds : Rabindranath Tagore
Trastevere Trastevere You are my heart In your meandering maze of streets Flocking footsteps Never sleep, never stop Like my … Continue reading Trastevere : Nehal
During my recent travel to Europe; moving around in cities like Vienna, Rome, Cinque Terre, Bellagio, Varenna, Luxembourg, Paris…I did … Continue reading We Are Of A Tribe : Alberto Ríos
I think you need to be emptyTo fall in love To have been pure in yourself For long enough To … Continue reading Bud : Kerrie O’ Brien
Mayakovsky is considered to be one of the leading Russian poets of the Futurist Movement. This group believed that poets … Continue reading Past One O’ Clock : Vladimir Mayakovsky
Jiǎ Dǎo; Chia Tao) (779–843), was a Chinese Buddhist monk and poet active during the Tang dynasty.His poems are lessons … Continue reading Selected Poems of Chia Tao
बच्चे काम पर जा रहे हैं कोहरे से ढकी सड़क पर बच्चे काम पर जा रहे हैं सुबह सुबह बच्चे … Continue reading बच्चे काम पर जा रहे हैं : राजेश जोशी
અનુભૂતી પાંદડી તે પી પીને કેટલું રે પીશેકે મૂળિયાંને પડવાનો શોષ?આભ જેવા આભને હૈયામાં હોય કદીજળના વરસ્યાનો અફસોસ?એક પછી એક … Continue reading અનુભૂતિ : જગદીશ જોષી
The Sun is one who sees and knows everything. Patience rests in the Earth’s guts. Only a glimpse – and … Continue reading The Sun is one who sees and knows everything…
પરોઢે પહેલા કલરવમાં મને ચુપચાપ મરવા દો ઉષાના મંગલોત્સવમાં મને ચુપચાપ મરવા દો શિયાળામાં પડ્યા રહી ઓસભીની લાલ માટી પર … Continue reading ગઝલ : ઉદયન ઠક્કર
अधूरी कविता जो कविताएँ लिख ली गई उन्हें लिखना आसान था अधूरी कविताओं को पूरा करना था कठिन वे एक … Continue reading अधूरी कविता : मंगलेश डबराल
The Surpassing Of Danger Every so often a star or a voice falls so deep, that he supports himself on … Continue reading The Surpassing Of Danger : Yannis Ritsos
प्रतिकार जो कुछ भी था जहाँ-तहाँ हर तरफ़ शोर की तरह लिखा हुआ उसे ही लिखता मैं संगीत की तरह। … Continue reading प्रतिकार : मंगलेश डबराल
Provincial Spring Time slows down the light smoothes out surfaces, seeps into old closets, drawers, and underneath the beds; dries … Continue reading Provincial Spring : Yannis Ritsos
Meditating on the soundSea waves are hummingFilling my ears and BeingWith that songLaying my mundane daysOn the shoreWatching them getting … Continue reading Ocean Hymns : Nehal
રસમગ્ન થઈ જવા દે! રમમાણ થઈ જવા દે! કાં પંડ્યને હવે તું નિષ્પ્રાણ થઈ જવા દે! રગરગમાં છોળ જેની ઉછળ્યા … Continue reading ગઝલ : હર્ષદ સોલંકી
Woman When the air starts to cool anticipating rainfall I morph into leaf-green. I am a burgeoning treasure, under the … Continue reading Woman : Anar સ્ત્રી : ગુજરાતી અનુવાદ : નેહલ
One is constantly reminded of the infinitelavishness and fertility of Nature – inexhaustibleabundance amid what seems enormous waste. Andyet when … Continue reading My First Summer in the Sierra : John Muir
If I die one day All the books I like I will take it with me I will fill my … Continue reading The first day of life after death : Sabir Haka મૃત્યુ પછીના જીવનનો પ્રથમ દિવસ : ગુજરાતી અનુવાદ : નેહલ
I am younger in this photograph, younger than anything I’ve ever written, and I am the third missing person. Inside … Continue reading Negative of a Group Photograph : Azita Ghahreman
A Splinter As if experimentingWith different methodsTo remove itI kept trying outLovers.Some triedTo pull it outWith sticky duct tapesOf desireRoughly.Others … Continue reading A Splinter (ફાંસ) : Pratishtha Pandya
You’re withdrawing from me, hour. The beating of your wings leaves me bruised. Alone : what shal I do with … Continue reading The Poet : Rainer Maria Rilke
I came to know about this wonderful website, which has incredible coverage of ‘real’ India, through my friend Maitreyi Yajnik … Continue reading Mothers’ Tongues (مادری زبانیں) : Sabika Abbas Translated by Pratishtha Pandya (english and gujarati)
વિશ્વ માતૃભાષા દિવસની શુભકામનાઓ! વડ કને તડકાનો ડંગોરો, જુઓ. જે હજી જન્મ્યું ગયા વરસાદમાં ઘાસનો ઝાકળનો કંદોરો જુઓ. અમૃત ‘ઘાયલ’ … Continue reading ચૂંટેલા શેર : હેમેન શાહ
It is the story of the falling rain to turn into a leaf and fall again it is the secret … Continue reading A Short Story of Falling : Alice Oswald
A LOT OF GOOD, OUR THUMBS The fog of war has never been thicker and every angle of attack casts … Continue reading A LOT OF GOOD, OUR THUMBS : ~Scott Thomas Outlar
Climb As Life has been a steep climb I cannot stop I cannot afford to get distracted Or I may … Continue reading Climb : Nehal
गलियाँ भाग-भाग कर थक गईं और अपने पाँव के छाले मेरी आँखों में रख दिए मेरा अपना ख़्वाब हथेली में … Continue reading रात और चराग़ के दरमियान :मुनीर मोमिन
પાતળી પળની હથેળીઓ વચાળે જીવવું, દિ-મહિના-વર્ષ લઈને કાળના સંસ્પર્શમાં. – અનિલ ચાવડા Continue reading આજની પંક્તિઓ : અનિલ ચાવડા
A sunset on one side of the Globe is A sunrise for the other side, The Sun never sets, actually! … Continue reading Happy New Year 2023 : Celebration of 9th Year of Blogging
You are there. You have always been there. Even when you thought you were climbing you had already arrived. Even … Continue reading You Are There : Erica Jong ગુજરાતી અનુવાદ, સરળ સમજૂતી : નેહલ
ચૂપ રહીને જોયા કરીએ સાવ અજાણ્યું અંત વગરનું ભર્યું-ભાદર્યું રણ માણસનું. હોઠ બળે તો બળવા દઈએ, મૌજ વગરનું મોજું થઈએ, … Continue reading ચૂંટેલા શેર : નયન દેસાઈ
AssassinationThe critics kill me sometimes:they want a particular poema particular metaphorand if I stray up a side roadthey say: ‘He … Continue reading Assassination : Mahmoud Darwish
Winter is all around but in this glade there is no ice or snow; warm sunlight bathes us. My hands … Continue reading Spring : Jenny Rowbory
હા, એકાંત કણસે છે છાતીમાં ઊંડે, આ હોઠો આ હસવું ને મૂંગો બરાડો. નયમ દેસાઈને વાંચું છું ને ર.પા. નું … Continue reading માણસ ઉર્ફ : નયન દેસાઈ
“Poetry is composing, you are writing words to move the world like music.” ― Atticus Continue reading Atticus Poetry
On Non-dependence of mind Coming, going, the waterbirds don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path. ~ Dogen (1200-1253) from … Continue reading Dogen
The Snowdrop Already now the snowdrop dares appear, The first pale blossom of th’unripen’d year; As Flora’s breath, by some … Continue reading The Snowdrop : Anna Laetitia Barbauld
“Still yourself. Calm. Breathe deeply. Understand that you are not nor have ever been alone. Listen to the way your … Continue reading 13 Billion Year Old Atoms : Nikita Gill
“We have calcium in our bones, iron in our veins, carbon in our souls, and nitrogen in our brains. 93 … Continue reading 93 percent stardust : Nikita Gill
A too beautiful view rejects the mind. It is like a person with a garrulous mouth but no ears. … Continue reading Engraving: World-tree with an Empty Beehive on One Branch : Jane Hirshfield
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless … Continue reading To Autumn : John Keats
સૌ પ્રથમ હરીશ મીનાશ્રુના વિશ્વ કવિતાના અનુવાદનું પુસ્તક ‘દેશાટન’ વાંચવાનું થયું અને એ પુસ્તકમાં એઓશ્રીએ કરેલા ઓછા જાણિતા, દુનિયાના ખૂણે, … Continue reading કવિતા આસ્વાદ : ગઝલ : હરીશ મીનાશ્રુ
આજના નાનામાં નાની અંગત પળોના પ્રદર્શનમાં રાચતા યુગમાં એક એવી કવિતા રજૂ કરું છું, જે પ્રણયના મૌન સંવાદનો મહીમા કરે … Continue reading વાતો : પ્રહલાદ પારેખ
Oughta Be a Woman Washing the floors to send you to college Staying at home so you can feel safe … Continue reading Oughta Be a Woman : June Jordan
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Which is that one emotion inspires us to write, the most? I think it is ‘pain’! Pain… Continue reading Pain : Ignite a fire within : Nehal
These poems they are things that I do in the dark reaching for you whoever you are and are you … Continue reading These Poems : June Jordan
Dowhat you want to do, now.Saywhat you want to say, now.Love, Care, Heal, Make Peace, Forgive,Now!If not now,Then when?!Time is … Continue reading A hamster wheel : Nehal
I am a child and free I am a child and free to live in perpetual Sunday sun perched on … Continue reading I am a child and free : Amina Saïd
શબ્દો અગ્નિ તણો સંગ ન પામતાં સુધી નિસ્તેજ ટાઢા જ્યમ કૉલસા રહે, શબ્દો રહે નિષ્પ્રભ તેમ, જ્યાં સુધી જ્વાલા નહીં … Continue reading આજની પંક્તિઓ : પ્રહ્લાદ પારેખ
शाम का जादू हर सुब्ह जब मैं जागता हूँ मुझे शाम की ख़्वाहिश बेचैन करने लगती है और मैं काग़ज़ … Continue reading आजकी पंक्तियाँ : मुनीर मोमिन
The Sand below my feet Shifted suddenly I was drawn towards Those mesmerising waves They lifted me With their thousand … Continue reading Surrender : Nehal
Revelation about the path yours is not the same as others unique, specific listen well for a concert of doubts … Continue reading Revelation : Yasmin Shubber
When everything appears dark You don’t know where you’re standing You don’t understand where you’re going You are crushed And … Continue reading Shining : Nehal
મીરાં કે પ્રભુ દીધું મને સમજણનું આ નાણુંવાપરવા જઈએં તો જીવતર બનતું જાય ઉખાણુંપેઢી કાચી કેમ પડી છે જેના તમે … Continue reading આજની પંક્તિઓ : રમેશ પારેખ
Imagine With your open eyes The things That you let just pass You can actually Do Breath Live Hold close … Continue reading Imagine : Nehal
Forever is beyond Me and You And why should I Go after Something Which I cannot Even comprehend! I want … Continue reading Forever : Nehal
A moment Is a dew dropOn a flower petalMirroring the rising SunGlowing IlluminatingEternityWithin.~Nehal(Written in response to a prompt ‘Moment’ given … Continue reading A Moment : Nehal
We rise from the depths of our mindLike clouds…Travelling higher up In the mountains.We float, Striving to reach the Sun!~ … Continue reading Clouds : Nehal
Blackberry-Picking Late August, given heavy rain and sun For a full week, the blackberries would ripen. At first, just one, … Continue reading Blackberry-Picking By Seamus Heaney
A window for seeing A window for hearing A window like a well that ends deep in the heart of … Continue reading Window : Forugh Farrokhzad
Conversation with an American Writer “You’re a fearless young man—” they tell me… It’s not true. I’ve never been fearless. … Continue reading Conversation with an American Writer : Yevtushenko
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“You cannot step into the same river twice, for other waters are continually flowing on.” – Heraclitus… Continue reading નદી : નેહલ
જિંદગીના સરિયામ રસ્તાના માર્ગ જ્યારે ફંટાયા એક હતો સપાટ હરિયાળો રસ્તો તળેટીનો એક વાંકોચૂંકો રસ્તો પહાડીનો જેના શિખરે પહોંચી આકાશે … Continue reading જિંદગીના સરિયામ રસ્તાના માર્ગ
INVOCATION May that apparent calm called scepticism never riddle my heart. Let me escape from the numbness of cynicism from … Continue reading Invocation : Raquel Lanceros
source: scum-mag.com image source:Academy of New Zealand Literature Continue reading Mother Tongue: Nina Powels
In the awareness, I am brought closer to my being from long before. In my awareness, there is only what … Continue reading I Understand This Light to Be My Home : Mai Der Vang
सारी दीवारों पर कुछ न कुछ लिख दिया गया था। हर स्टेटस के साथ कमेंट भरा था। घोड़े पर सवार … Continue reading एक दुनिया शहर-सी : रवीशकुमार
मन मस्त हुआ तब क्यों बोले। हीरा पायो गाँठ गठियायो, बार बार वाको क्यों खोले। हलकी थी तब चढ़ी तराजू, … Continue reading Poems of Kabir : कबीर बानी
blessing the boats may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond … Continue reading Blessing the Boats : Lucille Clifton
Suddenly, the green appears on the trees—as ifThe green passed silently from one tree to another.Children suddenly appear out of … Continue reading The Child in Spring : Max Picard
ચકલી હેલીને સમજાતું નથી કે એની એકવીસમી વર્ષગાંઠ પછી એના મમ્મી-પપ્પાને; જેમને અત્યાર સુધી પોતાના બેસ્ટ ફ્રેંડ સમજતી હતી, શું … Continue reading ટૂંકી વાર્તા : ચકલી – નેહલ
ભારે થયેલા શ્વાસ હવામાં ઉછાળીએ આંખોમાં ભરીએ આભ,તણખલાંઓ ચાવીએ ખળખળ વહી જતી પળો કાલે ન પણ મળે થઈએ ભીનાં ફરીથી,ફરીથી … Continue reading ગઝલ : હેમંત ધોરડા
उर्दू से लिप्यंतरण : मुमताज़ इक़बाल मुनीर मोमिन सुपरिचित, सम्मानित और समकालीन बलोची कवि हैं। उनकी यहाँ प्रस्तुत बलोची नज़्में उनके … Continue reading आज की पंक्तियाँ:मुनीर मोमिन: ख़्वाब
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Poetry of Munir Momin, translated from Balochi by Fazal Baloch Munir Momin is a contemporary Balochi… Continue reading The Beloved City: Munir Momin
लफ़्ज़… मरजान मैं नहीं जानता ये शहर ख़ुद को क्यों मेरे अंदर के गलियारों में गुम कर देना चाहता है … Continue reading लफ़्ज़… मरजान : मुनीर मोमिन
સેપિયા રંગની એક સાંજ ન કેમે વીતે રાતની રાત એ ઢળતી રહે પાસે આઘે મોગરા જેવા પરસ આમ ઊડે તેમ … Continue reading ગઝલ : હેમંત ધોરડા
ગઝલ એક તો તારો મને પર્યાય દેખાતો નથી,ને ઉપરથી તું સરળતાથી અહીં મળતો નથી. તું હવે વરસાદ રોકે તો હું … Continue reading ગઝલ : ગૌરાંગ ઠાકર
Everything in flux and flow; The summer sun, the winter snow. Unfurl and bloom then wither, die. A cloudless day, … Continue reading A Poem by e.h
હયાતીછે ભીની નજર, કોરાં સપનાં, હયાતી.પડે રેત પર ભીનાં પગલાં, હયાતી.છળે ઝાંઝવા, ના મટે છે તરસ જેવહે ટીપે ટીપે એ … Continue reading ગઝલ : હયાતી : નેહલ
ગઝલ લખતાં તો હમણાં થોડા મહીનાથી જ થઈ છું, પણ એકલવ્યની જેમ જાતે શીખવાના, પુસ્તકો વાંચીને શીખવાના ત્રણ-ચાર વર્ષોથી પ્રયત્નો … Continue reading ગઝલ : નેહલ : અમે
વિચારોનો ઘોંઘાટ છે ચોતરફ બસને મૂંગો જ રઘવાટ છે ચોતરફ બસરચે છે દિવસ-રાત જાળું નજરમાંનિરર્થકનો ચળકાટ છે ચોતરફ બસમને સાંભળો, … Continue reading ગઝલ : નેહલ : ચોતરફ
The Cyprian came to thy cradle, When thou wast little and small, And said to the nurse who rocked thee“ … Continue reading Sappho
Dreamers SOLDIERS are citizens of death’s grey land, Drawing no dividend from time’s tomorrows. In the great hour of destiny … Continue reading Dreamers : Siegfried Sassoon war poems
Our Revolution Must Be Different… Warrior/Houngan we salute you Frail body Towering spirit it is a savagery/that you have known. … Continue reading Our Revolution Must Be Different…
Primordial Chaos Time, so many cobblestones placed in wilderness, so much sand ground fine. How many stones, how much sand … Continue reading Primordial Chaos : Li Sen
એક એક શ્વાસને ઊગી ગઈ ઝંખના કે થઈ જઈએ આજ ગલગોટો ટેરવામાં રેલાતું ગીત મને આપો તો ભીનુંછમ નભ મારું … Continue reading ગીત : મનોજ ખંડેરિયા
Death in the evening High, high. Her last words wandered across the ceiling like clouds. The sideboard wept. The apron … Continue reading Death in the evening : Miroslav Holub
The Flood (English version) A woman flooded her man. It came about slowly. One day he glanced at her. She … Continue reading The Flood : Michaella Mintcheff
To feel compassionate for all living beings is a first step towards living a spiritual life but to be able … Continue reading Please Call Me by My True Names : Thich Nhat Hanh
Cadastral: The Black Girl Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Where are you from? No, I mean where are you really … Continue reading A Poem by Tjawangwa Dema
Silence allows for deep listening and mindful response, the keys to full and honest communication. * * If we listen … Continue reading Thich Nhat Hanh : Silence
It takes a certain cussedness to be a tree in this city, a certain inflexible woodenness to dig in your … Continue reading Tree : Arundhathi Subramaniam
इश्क़ में जी को सबरो-ताब कहां उससे आंखें लगें तो ख्वाब कहां हस्ती अपनी है बीच में पर्दा हम न … Continue reading Meer Taqi Meer मीर तक़ी मीर
On the Treasury of the true Dharma EyeMidnight. No waves,no wind, the empty boatis flooded with moonlight.~ Dogen (1200-1253) Continue reading Dogen : Haiku
House-bound in winterTurning to my books beforeEven washing my face~Shiki (1867-1902) Continue reading Shiki : Haiku
Empty your mind of all thoughts.Let your heart be at peace.Watch the turmoil of beings,but contemplate their return.Each separate being … Continue reading Tao : Lao-Tzu
I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of … Continue reading Christmas Bells : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
हद-बंदी-ए-ख़िज़ाँ = setting limits of autumn, हिसार-ए-बहार = circle of spring रक़्स = dance Continue reading आज का चुनिंदा अशआर : साक़ी फ़ारूक़ी
વેદના, તું અંધ ના કર; વેદના, તું નેત્ર દે. કોડિયાં ધારી લીધાં બત્રીસ કોઠે, લે હવે આવ તું, પેટાવ તું, … Continue reading એક વેદના : સિતાંશુ યશશ્ચંદ્ર
Change The bucket swallows sweaters, a ball of yarn that bloomed in a mother’s lap, ripe, plum-like it dropped from her … Continue reading change : Saima Afreen
On the other side of the Rainbow… All my landscapes were greyWith my eyes full of tearsI looked at youRays … Continue reading Better late than… It’s 7 years!
Gift A day so happy. Fog lifted early, I worked in the garden. Hummingbirds were stopping over honeysuckle flowers. There … Continue reading Gift : Czeslaw Milosz
These days My thoughts are like Migratory birds Visiting me from Far far away, unknown regions Fill the sky of … Continue reading Migratory Birds : Nehal
ELEMENTAL Is the word the work Of someone who tills the blue field, Unearths its dark plenitude For the tight … Continue reading Elemental : John O’ Donohue
ask yourself often: am I observing the situation accurately or am i projecting how i feel onto what is happening? … Continue reading Inward : Yung Pueblo
As time goes by,You will loosen your grip on that rock,The one you always thought was home,And you will realise … Continue reading As Time Goes By : Donna Ashworth
* Look, so holy: green leaves young leaves in the light of the sun .. * The start of poetry: … Continue reading Bashō
કિચુડ કિચુડ કિચુડ કિચુડ બોલે કપાટ, અંદર ને બાર કશો મનનાં મિજાગરાંને વળગ્યો છે વીત્યાનો કાટ. ચકચકતા આયના ને બારી … Continue reading કિચુડ કિચુડ : રાજેન્દ્ર શુક્લ
Truth Serum We made it from the ground-up corn in the old back pasture. Pinched a scent of night jasmine … Continue reading Truth Serum : Naomi Shihab Nye
Enjoying listening to this audiobook in the Writer’s own voice and simultaneously going through her written words. Written in a … Continue reading From the Books : Wabi Sabi
Whenever you see a tree Thinkhow many long yearsthis tree waited as a seedfor an animal or bird or wind … Continue reading Whenever You See a Tree : Padma Venkatraman
स्वस्तिक क्षण नृत्य की मुद्रा में कसा हुआ लगता जीवन! आँगन में पड़ी हुई पायल-सी धूप! छूम छनन छन! घुँघरूओं … Continue reading स्वस्तिक क्षण : दुष्यन्त कुमार
ઉદ્ગારથી અસર સુધીના વિસ્તરણ વિના, કેવી રીતે ગઝલ કહું, વાતાવરણ વિના? કેવાં મજાનાં જિંદગીનાં આભરણ હતાં! કેવી મજાની જિંદગી છે, … Continue reading ગઝલ : ઉદયન ઠક્કર
Burning the Old Year Letters swallow themselves in seconds. Notes friends tied to the doorknob, transparent scarlet paper, sizzle like … Continue reading Burning the Old Year: Naomi Shihab Nye
Meeting at an Airport You asked me once, on our way back from the midmorning trip to the spring: “What … Continue reading Taha Muhammad Ali : Meeting at an Airport
A Voiceless Cry The sound of green footsteps is the rain They’re coming in from the road, now Thirsty souls … Continue reading A Voiceless Cry : Nadia Anjuman