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Tag: poetry
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.
Heemal, the Unsung Poetess of Kashmir
The essence of Heemal's innocence, pain and deep thinking reflect in her poetry.
My Father’s Daughter
A poem on how the poet doesn’t resemble her mother, and how it makes her feel when it's pointed out.
Growing Up Queer: A War With the Truth
A poem on internalised homophobia and the corpse of my childhood.