As the Sun sets, colouring the sky In bright orange and pink hues, I sigh with relief that the end is near Of a rueful day without you. The morning looked swathed in gloom, Refusing to smile at the
Read More »This poem is a La Courante type of poem. It is one of France’s first classic free verse poems. Two stanzas form this poem. The first stanza is a model for the second stanza (in a way, a kind of
Read More »I wrote this as a celebration of Pride Month-June. What is a frame story? Frame story, also called frame tale, overall unifying story within which one or more tales are related. In the single story, the opening and closing constitutes a
Read More »Dear Mom I know you will be quite surprised to get my letter. I can already hear a hundred sarcastic remarks coming my way. Ha ha! Yes, I am breaking my own rule, or laziness, as you call it, by
Read More »This poem was featured in The Hedge Apple Magazine 2023, Maryland, USA You seem no more mesmeric and beautiful Than fallen roses in cold winter’s grace, I’ve grown nonchalant and unmindful Of your beguiling charms in life’s fast race. Your
Read More »He’s back draped in saffron, green, and white, Lay limply under a sombre wreath One who till yesterday, was in limelight. He, who held on to his last breath in fight, Placed the nation above and his own kin
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