Frailty.
By Christel in Poetry | Reads: 451 | Likes: 2
What is life, but like a flower, Blooms today, fades tomorrow, Taken away whenever, by the sower, What have we, from the future to borrow? Tossed to and fro, like the chaff in the wind, Man races for worldly riches, Every minute, the heart is pained and hardened, By endless plaints and wishes. Eve  Read More...
Published on Apr 23,2020 11:20 PM
A Better Kind of High
By Steve Johnson in Poetry | Reads: 434 | Likes: 2
Do not fret my child ,The land of lilies and mountain lions are not too faraway,Running on moist green grass ,A persistent heaviness in your heart;But not the kind that brings you down,The kind that fills you up ,With exasperation and joy ,The will to live and the will to fly ,A restlessness so forl  Read More...
Published on Apr 3,2020 11:06 PM
Bright morning
By Vaishnavi in Poetry | Reads: 427 | Likes: 2
As i wake up, And have my morning cup, I feel the rush of blood, Like a new winsome bud. I cherish the fresh air, As it messes over with my hair. The environment smells new, The leaves greener with dew. The sky, on it's best show, The flowers have an extra glow. Everything so good, Adding on to your  Read More...
Published on Jun 13,2020 09:18 AM
A different queue
By subhadra kunduri in General Literary | Reads: 423 | Likes: 2
A different queue Two old women – Rani and Vani - were seated in their usual places opposite the temple gates. They generally spent the whole day there, looking for the devotees going in and out of the temple, and anticipating that some of them would drop a rupee or two -  and if they wer  Read More...
Published on May 11,2020 07:38 AM
Touch
By Dia in Poetry | Reads: 412 | Likes: 2
...beneath the layers   bodies intertwined, naked  skin against skin  She buried herself in his warmth  his fingers ran down her body, as though tracing the path of a treasure map his lips reached in, kissed her soul he embraced her so gentle yet so tight her flaws,he cher  Read More...
Published on Apr 11,2020 05:56 PM
Will Call You
By ROOPESH in Humour & Comedy | Reads: 412 | Likes: 2
I do not know why in the first place I chose to take a shared cab for this importnat day. No matter what they say, they never come on time, from last 10 minutes the idiotic driver was looking for the way to pick me up and now I am seating in this stupid cab along with this senior citizen who was in  Read More...
Published on Apr 26,2020 03:38 PM
Quarantine Chirp
By Shagun Singh in Poetry | Reads: 410 | Likes: 2
Perched on my slim wire swing My claws clenched tight My beak held high I see not my usual sight My street is like my grandma's home I don't see those mammoth forms Whose verandahs I perched on Who gave me water lukewarm I asked the Coalish Crow And the minty myenah of suburbs They asked Bobby Pig  Read More...
Published on May 14,2020 07:03 PM
THE MAIDEN
By Priyal Rajan Thakur in Thriller | Reads: 395 | Likes: 2
4th October 1943 Berlin, Germany Darling David, It has been 26 weeks since I have not seen you standing in front of my porch with your old red Mustang, all dressed up in the US Military uniform. I remember you peeking through my window, through Nana’s old grey curtains to just take a look. I   Read More...
Published on May 24,2020 07:36 PM
Heart to heart
By Anila in Poetry | Reads: 394 | Likes: 2
Three days have gone by smoothly.. Then why a tinge in me today? He waved me "bye" and twirled away        His little fingers from mine Not even a glance .. Then why the tinge in me today? My walk back home is lethargic My heart seems to walk backwards          Read More...
Published on Apr 12,2020 08:13 PM
I stood and watched.
By Shreya in Poetry | Reads: 394 | Likes: 2
I stood and watched as the mother cried, When she heard that her son had died. He didn't die because he was sick, Or he siding die because he was in a wreck. He died doing what he felt was right. I watched a father try to hold back his tears, His son had lived only a scant 22 years. His son had die  Read More...
Published on Apr 23,2020 12:30 PM
The Singing Mother
By Ayush Nigam in Poetry | Reads: 380 | Likes: 2
Before the Moon hid hid behind the clouds, before midnight would befall   Alongside my dirty mattress, towards the five year old, she would crawl.     With a quiver of a smile streaking up her face,   She planted a kiss on my cheeks with the utmost grace.     With cackl  Read More...
Published on Apr 10,2020 09:38 PM
Man Proposes...
By Liji Lakshmanan T in General Literary | Reads: 380 | Likes: 2
Our dance performance is in full swing. I could hear loud cheer from the tightly packed audience. A clear indication that our constant effort is getting paid off well. As the slow beats turned into faster ones, we all kept dancing in time with the music. Suddenly, I could hear an entirely different   Read More...
Published on Jun 12,2020 03:07 PM
The Silver Lining in a Catastrophe
By Deepak Swaminathan in General Literary | Reads: 379 | Likes: 2
What you want to do tomorrow do it today and What you want to do today do it now is a phrase that has prolific relevance when a catastrophe stikes.  The very thought of a bleak future, the fate of failing businesses, the fright of losing precious lives and the diminishing happiness are a factor  Read More...
Published on Mar 23,2020 12:01 PM
Far from Settled
By Chandrika R Krishnan in Romance | Reads: 375 | Likes: 2
#writeyourheartout Her parents had named her *Tripti* meaning satisfaction and she lived up to the name chosen by her parents and was happy rising to the level of a principal of a leading school. Her parents though were far from contented for she refused to ‘settle down.’ Most Indian Pa  Read More...
Published on Apr 9,2020 11:14 AM
With love, from 300 km away.
By Akshaya Muralikumar in Romance | Reads: 372 | Likes: 2
Love has no latitude, longitude. It resides in the warmth of the soul and purity of the emotions that make the distance dissolve in thin air. But, if the big blue sky shared by us could rain, it would shed the silent tears hidden in our telephone conversations. If the breeze could hum, it would sing  Read More...
Published on May 2,2020 10:07 PM