Bakul Banerjee’s poem focuses on one of the key natural forces at work inside earth, namely the Centripetal force. The poem is structured in the form of a Pantoum.
The city hates Nature, says Parth Pandya, in his poem that highlights the constant struggle going on between the two.
In two poems that evoke images of varied elements of nature, Wilda Morris talks about a walk in the woods and a scene during nightfall.
Nature has its own beautiful way of communicating to the world, only if you would care to listen, says Vinita Agrawal in her poem that captures the different sounds of Nature’s varied creations.
Hot days are a common phenomenon in Colombo, lasting almost the entire year. Shirani Rajapakse pens a poem that brings to life, the reactions of the environment to the blistering heat.
It has been a rather tough battle between the human race and Nature as mankind’s obsession with development threatens to destroy Nature’s creations. However, it is the Mother who ultimately turns out to be the superior one. Ruth Morris’ poem describes this fierce battle.
In a poem that captures the happenings of yet another day in the street, RK Biswas constructs a picture of the not-so-closely-watched yet interesting things that fill the street – a picture that is framed by the kitchen window.
This is the tale of an anonymous lady who waits in the green-lit streets, the one who has lived and re-lived in the red womb that has subjected her to unfair violence and has filled her life with irony. Rini Barman’s poem brings to light the characteristics of the lady’s lackluster life and her companion in the street, a stray bitch that lies among the day garbage.
From little hands that beg for money to vehicles that fill a street to pedestrians to pavement hawkers to stray dogs to dust to myriad shops to sweaty people, Shirani Rajapakse’s poem brings to life the various scenes in a street on a Wednesday afternoon.