Poetry

Serendipity

Wake me up every morning as dawn becomes a new day.

WB Yeats’s ‘Easter, 1916’ and Bangladesh’s July 1-36, 2024

What motivated our youth to defy death in order to free Bangladesh from the yoke of a brutal regime?

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 / Sinking in ink

Don’t you see— I can only write dark. 

POETRY / Devi

The first pulse, in the midst of a whipping maelstrom, 

POETRY / The wheel of change

Eternity collapses at the wheel of change. / Past is lost

POETRY / Fall

August, marked with dying things. Summer’s end, / My freedom spent

March 20, 2024
March 20, 2024

To the Newton of Gaza

Words were never my greatest strength/ But the arsonist's child will read them

March 20, 2024
March 20, 2024

'Flick': Sehri Tales selections, Day 8

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 8 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Flick

March 19, 2024
March 19, 2024

'Relief': Sehri Tales selections, Day 7

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 6 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Relief

March 18, 2024
March 18, 2024

'Baffle': Sehri Tales selections, Day 6

'Baffle': Sehri Tales selections, Day 6

March 17, 2024
March 17, 2024

'Deny': Sehri Tales selections, Day 5

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 5 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Deny

March 16, 2024
March 16, 2024

'Promise': Sehri Tales selections, Day 4

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 4 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Promise

March 16, 2024
March 16, 2024

Be a tree

Be a tree Get wet in sorrow’s shower and you’ll recover. From envy’s scorching sun gather strength

March 16, 2024
March 16, 2024

There’s no way you’ll outrun a bear

Smoother violence fills our hearts like charming splinters. The irony is I am the first of my women

March 15, 2024
March 15, 2024

'Watermelon': Sehri Tales selections, Day 3

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 3 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Watermelon.

March 14, 2024
March 14, 2024

'Rescue': Sehri Tales selections, Day 2

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 2 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Rescue