Spring Bloom

Like a rich garment on a fair bride Like a multi-hued artwork on a bright canvas Like a dash of makeup on an excited child The Spring has spread its bloom with elegant finesse.   The barren trees stand overwhelmed

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My Beacon of Light

I do not wish to repeat ‘The Road not Taken’ by Robert Frost. But one part of the poem keeps coming to my mind every day. Here it goes- I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and

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The Phone Call

I sit by the large glass window Seeing the yellow autumn leaves fall, Waiting for the deafening stillness To break with that one phone call.   I wait ardently for him to call From across the seven seas, To enthral

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Hail Mother Supreme!

Thakur Tej Bahadur- this name sent shivers down the spine of mostly all the residents of Kharegaon, a small village in Gujarat. Yes, he was very much like the most defiant and egoistic landlords there. He rode around the village

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Show Don’t Tell

Guess the title for the following situations- ‘Show don’t tell’ describes the reactions to a particular situation rather than directly expressing it.  1- Sam hurriedly parked his car in the basement of the mall. He got out quickly and took

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A Love Tree

She planted a seed of love in her heart, When she was just ten and two, She watered it daily without restraint, And in no time, it unabashedly grew.   Into an all-encompassing tree, With myriad flowers and leaves new.

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A Girl on the Wheelchair

20th July 2020 Pamela rode down the street in her Volkswagen Caddy. She tried to hasten, to get to the meeting on time. She was at the doors of the majestic building, ‘Magnum Towers’, that hosted her office on the

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