poem

Reader Submission / States

"That’s why I have jars of jealousy, anger, sadness, monotony, but this – it’s important."

Love poem for the reflection in the mirror

I will not even begin with the skies

POETRY / October: An unfinished poem

Glamorous lightweight raindrops  from the October sky keep 

POETRY / Silence

A star fell on the ground in the windy night

POETRY / Republic of the dead

As if playing a game of chess / Still the world waits for the next dawn

POETRY / Birth of a poem

Hark! / Busy work of Hands

POETRY / Carpe diem

but i can't. i cannot be bothered to find / meaning behind the faults in my father's eyes

POETRY / My heart's longevity comes from my maa's magnifying kindness

Maa, you are an endless exhibition / of sweet-sour happiness

I heard they are changing the dictionary

I heard they are changing the dictionary.

June 17, 2023
June 17, 2023

Heathen 

Spirit breaks at home along with love mingled with innocence.

June 8, 2023
June 8, 2023

Droplets of eternity

Dissipated, my thoughts wander finally taking refuge in sleep.

June 3, 2023
June 3, 2023

I am found in fields

I am a god when I am asleep, I am found to be inside the shimmer of water as it fights against the brilliance of the screams that emanate from the sky

June 3, 2023
June 3, 2023

PTSD

Martyrs and-slash-or heroes they call us Is it worth all the fuss? While they celebrate We ache to recuperate

June 1, 2023
June 1, 2023

Upside Down world

The sun goes down every day when it’s meant to be

May 25, 2023
May 25, 2023

How my admiration for Kazi Nazrul Islam evolved over the years

Kazi Nazrul Islam’s work remains just as relevant and beautiful 123 years after his birth.

May 20, 2023
May 20, 2023

Embracing whole-ness

It's time to take care of ourselves, both mind and soul, To live a life that is complete and whole.

May 18, 2023
May 18, 2023

Curtain call

The curtain rises, silence engulfs the theatre,

May 18, 2023
May 18, 2023

You stand here again

You stand where you always have

May 18, 2023
May 18, 2023

Blue clay

The blue model of clay vices that sits in a house of glass