A poem about getting lost in an illusionary world, a brief escape from reality.
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Tick, Tock
The poem outlines the frustration, exhaustion and anxiety of a student in anticipation of their board exams; encompassed by familial and societal pressure, as they seek to find composure.
Thoughts Have Become Armour
The poet's experience of overthinking.
An Ode to Our Ancestors
A poem on the Partition and how it affected the families caught in its fallout for decades.
Poem: Death of a Santoor
"...We are here / To listen, the nature of each instrument / Merges with the nature of another, / And music is born."
A Fine Balance
The poet attempts to portray the loss the farmers are bearing with.
‘Amorphous Feelings’: A Poem About Love
'If I were a book, would he read all the pages? Or realise that there are words best left unread?'
Mother
The poem takes us through the various stages of a mother and her child’s life.
Too Much Space
A poem on how the author has struggled to take up space and curled herself into a ball, due to her eating disorders, and the uncurling thereafter.