A mother who lives away from her husband and son receives a handwritten letter. It is a sweet surprise for her, for receiving a handwritten letter in this electronic age is quite incredible. Vijaya, in her poem, captures the feelings of the mother as the surprise unravels.
Krishna Kumar stayed in a hostel and once wrote a letter to his family. He posted it after writing ‘Free for the Blind’ atop the envelope. He shares the process of writing that letter and the reply that he received, in this poem.
Letters could be companions in loneliness by invoking memories, stresses Jyothsnaphanija, through her poem. Read on.
A man, admired by many for his athletic figure and handsome looks, contemplates his face standing before a mirror. M. Mohankumar’s poem conjures the thoughts running in the man’s mind.
Hari Ravikumar writes a poem on jnana, bhakti, and karma yoga, traditionally identified as the three paths to moksha.
In a three-part poem, Aparna Nandakumar writes about a desire’s premise, about leaving a desire unrequited, finally pointing out how in the face of intense physical desire such arguments do not hold water.
Parth Pandya writes a ghazal (a poetic form with origins in Arabic poetry) in English, attempting to stay with the rules of the form and bringing forth the beauty of expression that a ghazal uniquely allows.
Love, sometimes, is left unconfessed, for the fear of messing things up. Nandagopal T captures the emotions and the dilemma in a poem.
Shanti is unhappy because a poetic note that he writes questioning a certain police action is met with indifference. M. Mohankumar writes a poem on the bureaucracy in India.