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She Needs To Fly... Unbiased


It was her memory refresher
She believed in her excellence.
Her needs make herself to flow
As poetry as easily down the page.


Courage is her spirit
Where she needs to fly unbiased.
Seem to be a bird
Without any cage.

Moving into the earth circle
She would like to dance... unfettered
Seem to be a dove or peacock
Within feathers and wings,
thinking of childhood doll.

Her style of communication
Makes her unique
Herself she feel as a fish to swim,
Generated you to show the truth
It's a desire to inspire people brilliantly, that's her soul.


A Desire To Measure That Moments


With all rapture let me see
A magnificent rainbow.
Mysterious chemistry
brought up by nature...
In a dark night’s glow.


I had been touched that peace
To achieve between weather and nature.
Experienced in temperate zone
The song of harmony with love desire.

The full moon or in a new moon bow
My pen tried to measure that height,
In a blank paper by ink and feather.
And by blood of my heart’s desire.


May be I embrace you, in that moment of pleasant peace.
A blissful sunshine propels me
With all rapture
Let me see,
Where a pen needs to measure the cosmos’s infinity. @Irannii Saikia

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Dr Jyoti Patil


Dr Jyoti Patil is Principal and HoD, English, Renuka College, Nagpur.
Her educational credentials include an MA, an LLB, a DTE, a PhD,
and an Honorary D.Litt by Inox International University with 30 years
of teaching experience. Her areas of interest are Indian Women
Writings, creative writing and technology in English teaching and
more than 80 papers have been published in International and
National journals. She has to her credit varied publications including
ten books as an author and editor, and as many as 25 books with
scholarly papers. She is recipient of Best Teacher award 2009 and best
paper presenter at four International conferences including ELT@I
International conference 2015, Jaipur, HERSO's International
Conference on Religion, Literature and Culture in 2017, Pune and an
International conference on Sustainable Development of Natural
Resources by VMV College Nagpur in 2020. She has also presented
more than 75 papers in addition to her creative writing at National and
International conferences. She is a poet at heart and has published as
many as 50 poems and recited some of her poems at poetic meet in
Nagpur and International poetry fest in Guntur.










Passion a committed
force that drives us

to reach our goals



...Author























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With What Name Should I Call You?


With what name should I call you?
Should I call you Heaven or call you hell?
Should I call you pain or call you peace?
Should I call you destruction or call you danseuse?

Man who has been ambitious and arrogant,
Sins have been multiplied and measureless,
Truth has been mutilated and meaningless,
Proud of his falsified strength

Feelings of superiority supersede
Arguments of every level intensified and attacking
Jealous and hatred find comfortable stay in every heart,
Love and intimacy are at receiving end.

Mother Earth is suffering from excruciating pains
The Moon is shivering and dwindling in his shallow cavern
The Sun is burning, spewing heat on to the Earth
O, invisible merciless, with what name should I call you?


What Is Nature's Plan?


What's your plan, Nature?
Forests are in flames, Rivers in spate,
Deserts are scorching, Winds spew only ashes,
Life is in doldrums, Now, what curse have you brought,
Onto the whole humanity? Everyone is scared,
Roads are empty, Streets are barren,
Factories are closed, Trains look tiresome,
Planes look pacified, with folded wings and closed platforms,
Death is playing havoc, disease is dancing at every doorstep,
What goes wrong? Tell me what's your plan?
Man is avoiding man, with palsied dreams and divided aims
Meetings have turned into partings,
Hugging and hand shaking have changed into dreary distancing,
Celebrations have turned into empty desires,
Everything gets scattered and scanty,
Alas, no one to sprite around,
Innumerable die fighting the losing battle
With the deadly virus having such a graceful name.
Tell me, Nature, what's your plan?

@Dr Jyoti Patil

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Sudha Dixit


Sudha Dixit, was born and brought up in UP. Presently settled in
Bangalore.. She is doing what she always wanted to do - painting
landscapes and portraits & writing poetry / articles on net and various
magazines, including print media. She has one book of ghazals printed in
Devnagari script and another book – a collection of her English poems.
Her English poems have been published in around 55 anthologies. She has
been included in four coffee table books published by Pictorial Society Of
India. Her Hindi poems and articles are widely published and won
acclaim.
She look at nature with myopic eyes & paint it wearing tinted glasses, with
poetry in her heart. Poetry just happens. It acts as catharsis in her life,
removing the toxin from her heart in the form of words on paper. It’s
therapeutic. This high spiritedness reveals itself in both, her poems &
paintings.







The Blessed One


Life started
Past my prime
Must make up
For lost time
Found my rainbow,
My colours
In painting
Unearthed melodies
Love songs haunting
From the closet
Of my heart,
Something as
A state of art
The poetry flowed
Freed from inhibitions
Words glowed
Am I a late bloomer?
No! I am an
Eternal child
A perennial dreamer
I am a blessed soul divine
I am ageless like wine


@Sudha Dixit
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I Feel Proud!



So many religious sects,
Various beliefs and faiths,
Leading towards God almighty,
Are nothing but road maps


Different regions, different races,
Born with different skin shades
Yet, we all are human beings
Color of each one’s blood is red


Diversity is spice of life like
Many flower-buds in a garland
Passing through a single thread
Like human chain made by holding hands

Varied shapes, sizes and colors
Give the garden alluring dignity
Synchronized theme provides
To such diversity a unity


I am proud of my country
That has multifarious culture
Still peace prevails here
Due to our tolerant nature


@Sudha Dixit







Happiness,
A Bliss;
that speaks
that smiles
in your eyes
in your face
till you wish..


...Author




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Rupal Buch


Rupal Buch is a freelance artist from Vadodara, Gujarat. She
started Painting as a hobby and then it gradually converted into
her passion. Rupal's work is yogic, meditative and introspective.
She likes to paint conceptual Paintings where She uses human
emotions and situation as her subject. She is practising art since
more than one decade.

She did her two solo shows and more than 20 group exhibitions
all over India. She has won many online contests. She is also
associated with mentally challenged children's institute as an art
director. Her work collections are in India and abroad also.
Her creative skill and imagination invoke the emotional power.























































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Hema Thakur


Hema V. Thakur is born in a small village 'Undirkhed' in Jalgaon
District, and brought-up in Bhusawal city in Maharashtra state of
India, by her parents.
Since her tender age she was always keen about creativity and art,
though never taught by any professional. She was married at the young
age to Mr. Vijaykumar Thakur. It was during this time she started
getting back to developing her interest towards art and creativity and
turned it into a hobby. But always kept it hidden from the world, as she
was scared to be herself. It took her a very long time to understand
herself. She first believed in herself and then spoke to her husband and
kids about her art and her dream. With the help of her family she then
started a New Chapter of her life. Here she found herself in the art and
her art depicts the power of a Woman and also shows love, freedom and
a belief to trust oneself. Hema's first international exhibition was held
at New York, in the New York Art Expo 2016 where around 2000 solo
artists had participated along with different groups of artists. From all
the Solo artists Hema was chosen amongst the 7 Artists with Unique
Art. Hema has exhibited her work in Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur, Baroda,
Goa and Nashik in India and Abroad in New York and Italy. She is
growing day by day, with the help and support of her family. And that's
exactly what she is depicting in her Paintings. Hema's Art is a Fusion
style of a Tribal art of Maharashtra, Warli Art. So what she does is a
Fusion Warli Art. She has given rebirth to the tribal 2d art and made it
more colourful, contemporary and 3d. Recently Hema has started
working a different types of paintings as well. She is looking forward to
explore herself in the universe of art. Hema says that she wants to
inspire all the daughters and wants their families to believe in them.































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Sreedharan Parokode


P.L. Sreedharan Parokode is a bi- lingual poet from Kerala State. He
has his early education in ALP School Mundappadam and Pre-
Degree to MA, Economics, at M ES Mampad College. He also took
Master degrees in English and Population Studies. He has a Post
Graduate Diploma in Parental Education and M.Phil Degree.
Sreedharan has thirty books of poetry to his credit, including
'Weeping Womb', 'Slum Flowers', 'Mahatma Gandhi' etc. He has
also written songs for professional dramas, Songs for albums, songs
for competitions, devotional songs etc. He has written songs for
animation film also.
Sreedharan has attended various literary conferences in India and
abroad. He presented his poems at World Congress of Poets, in
Taiwan, 2015, China, 2018, and literary conference in Serbia,
2007. He has received awards and honours from various
organizations such as Sahitya Shree Award, Sahitya Shiromani
Award, Shan E Adab Award etc. He has also received an Hony.
Doctorate from the World Academy of Art and Culture.

Sreedharan is actively participating in educating the students
through poetry. He is a Research Scholar with Population Studies
Department. He was working in Calicut University and lives near
Kozhikode.












I never
withdraw
Since
it is an end
of life



...Author










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Please Come With Me!


As it is dangerous to go alone,
(arms and ammunitions seen piled)
activities gone awry,
Please come with me, Dear!

Scenes are blurred, sounds heard worse
Sympathy showered polluted
Don't be isolated,
please come with me Dear!

Hateful speech,
deceitful deeds,
Dilapidated ideas strangle

Don't be solitary,
Please come with me
Dear!


Since
Acts we bore in mind, with purity
Love unstained and impartial, don't give up hope,
let's move together to witness a new dawn
Dear!


Hello!


I Going to attend the Conference?'


'Definitely'.
Welcome, there is my paper presentation also,
on 'Environmental Pollution'.
'Foreign delegates have high opinion'!
'it will have positive impact on the youth
and the generations to come,
Will be published in leading bulletin'!
'As you are aware,
'In my presentation, focus is given
to air pollution and its Consequences
'If you are desirous, you can remit the registration fee now,
as delegates' number is more than we expected.!'
Then he asked his driver
(looking at the vehicles parking back portion)
to start the vehicle.
The entire area was, soon covered with smoke.!

©Sreedharan Parokode
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Shohreh Esfan


Twist and turn of destiny and inner calling took Shohreh Esfan
on many rides and challenges. From master degree in
Architecture from Turin, Italy to specialized, advanced skin and
body care to nutritional health and life coaching to energy healing
and many other roads, avenues along the way without any
stopping to learn, explore and evolve internally and externally.

Shohreh’s sense of curiosity, creativity, quest for life took her to a
deep searching for truth and spirituality. She uses the
transformation from beautifying objects to support the human
beings to tap into their own beauty, power; magnificent and self
discovery. She is a lover of spiritual journey through reflection,
expression, meditation, yoga and in every day secular living,
storytelling and poetry. She perhaps inherited this passion and
love of poetry from her parents being both poet and writers.

Shohreh is Phoenix rising continuously on the ladder of life spiral
to connect the hearts, souls and minds through sacred and
secular; through touch, feelings and inspirational poetry, life’s
stories and depth of inner connections, as it’s called to be her great
dream is to expand and deepen this divine gift!










































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Flying Butterflies


She drifted into inner sphere of bliss
Mysterious saga of lifetimes to impress

Colorfully left encountered atoms behind,
Blended into tantalizing fanciful ground

Myriad stars, aromatic myrrh,
Awaken senses into flying birds

She delights in her memories,
Ornately crafting her into being she

Either lost, found; or tears and glee
Embellished soul of graceful, free

Metamorphosis she endured, burned to try,
dissolved into a butterfly to fly

Free is she in her sanctuary of inner,
Her heart sings love, her soul lavishes beauty abound..!



Mystic Path

Body of celestial beings, given magic
Questioning now what is mine to be

Knowing is not to go along in dramas
It’s to be free to deny conditioned lives

Observing, falling in shadow walks
Mystic omen of truth in ordinary rites


Healing is inevitable, spirited deep; aware
Silent journey must be, feel, fear faced

She speaks, leads in her walk in authenticity
Connected to her dreams, feelings; in thrilling


Driven not by ego, but sacred rituals her rhyme
Knowing when in silence and when time to howl


Light and dark collide, trusting signs
She transcends mediocrity to fertile grounds..!


@Shohreh Esfan
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Ommker Dutta Jay


I am currently a student of Architecture in Chittagong
University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), in
Bangladesh.
The field of poetry and non-fictional writing has always made
me curious from my childhood. My mother, who is as I said as
my teacher and inspiration, introduced me to “books.”
Books of Satyajit Roy, H.G. Wells, Doyle, Shelly, Keats, Dante
and what not. I have Practiced them since childhood. And so,
my history of writing poems began when I was just 10 years old.
Besides I have also directed some of my own film visuals from my
own sense of interest about surrealism and expressionism. And
in addition, written and composed some songs too. Moreover, I
have a family lineage of journalists, poets, photographers, related
to art and literature.
Having a heredity of being involved in art and poem I am also
very keen to start as a professional writer and poet.










The sonnet is usually written for praising a character or a thing.
That can be a Woman, a man, a river or a revolution.
The character is said to be praised, but there are also some
condemnation or questions being given to him/her. (Volta)
The VOLTA section presents a totally opposite attitude of the
character that has been praised all along the previous two stanzas.


My sonnet is written to my highly intelligent "mother". The mother
who is my "teacher", the inspiration for all my work and creation.


The only thing that matters is that the
Poem has to play with the expression of the way
It is expressed, so the limits or rhythms of the word
Are to be taken care of in this way which is an engineering.
The sonnet was created when the
Art and engineering became united.
Sadly, the classical Gharana poems like Sonnet,
Od, Elise, Ballad are missing now.
Lost in the triumph of modern poetry.
I only did a little effort to revive them.



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The Lady Forgotten

- A Shakespearian Sonnet


Beneath the surface rests her soul alive,
She's waiting for the perfect time to rise,
She knows so well herself to fight and thrive,
So, bolt but yet; too calm, so true her eyes.
(Quatrain 1)

She flies above the tender little moon,
With lovely dreams of watching Saturn rings,
Where stars are falling in the month of June,
With lots of daze; from boundless maze that brings.
(Quatrain 2)

But why o ma' of mine you hid yourself??
And why did not you walk the way you want??
The way you see things what others can't help,
So, why you chose to keep your soul dormant??
(Quatrain 3/Volta)

Some minds like you, so rare, but used so few,
And yet I feel a pride to come from you

@Ommker Dutta Jay








Pearls

are of

no value;

Until,

they come
out of

Shell





...Author




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Prakash Nagarajan


Prakash Nagarajan is an upcoming author and a poet
extraordinaire from India. Though reticent by nature, he is a
keen observer of life, and coupled with his penchant for
writing, he often puts to paper with a lovely flourish, his
thoughts, views and observations. His easy, conversational
style of writing makes most of his books a compulsive read,
giving insight to his world views, and to values that he
cherishes utmost in life. When not confined to his desk
churning out poems and stories, he seeks pleasure in long
walks, is an intense nature-lover and avid photographer. In his
spare hours, he can be found devoting time teaching (for
gratis) school children, Economics, History, and English,
subjects those that are close to his heart. He can be contacted
over email at - [email protected]

His literary offerings include, 'Stepping back...', and 'The
business kinds.' His recent book, 'Different skies...', an
assortment of short stories, is now widely acclaimed.





Monsoon


My well is dry, my fields are parched,
A land bleached white, intensely sun scorched,
Not a single cloud, seen in the sky,
Not as far, as doth a black crow fly,
Against a glaring sun, my eyes, I shield,
What do I say, about crops or yield?
A barren land, in wait for a till,
How thus to carry on, when until?
Year on year, your arrival remains a suspense,
How do I meet, school fees or a marriage expense?
My family fed up, of my moans,
But what do they know, of my loans?
Desperate, I pray, my prayers surround you,
Ardent wishes, for cloud cover, showers, even dew,
You cool my heart, you cool my fields,
Your arrival means, fertile land yields,
Swelling wells, overflowing lakes,
Lush green all around, in your wake,
Please do hear, this poor farmer's song,
I yearn for you so, pray do not be long!


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Father


Around the corner, nearby a street-end,
I came across once, one of my father's friends,

Bent and grey, now withered with age,
Looking no less, like an wise old sage,

His eyes grew moist, on seeing me,
I stood still, as gnarled hands embraced me,

His voice came slow, and strangely quiet,
'For a moment there, I was taken aback quite, '

'You so look now, like your father, my son,
But yet like him, there never was one,

He was of, but a different mettle,
Twenty-four carat, pure gold metal,

Rich in spirit, a vibrant soul,
A real man, all and whole,


Honesty his calling, sincerity his nature,
At every juncture, he just grew in stature,

His work remained worship,
Under duress, under every hardship,


A family man, a devoted son,
A loving father, if there ever was one,


A dutiful brother, a brother-like friend,
To us, he was truly Godsend,


He was our ideal, of how a man should be,
A true inspiration, we all still agree,


If you need know, the true measure of that man,
Try and emulate, if you can,


Simple, sober, he was truly great,
My dear friend, and your father late.'


@Prakash Nagarajan





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Basudev Mallik


Basudev Mallik, who hails from the Temple City of
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, has spent his entire career as a
journalist, mostly in the department of editing. He took
interest in writing poetry since his school days in both
languages — Odia as well as English. Mallik stands strongly
against the misconception of poetry being beyond the ambit
of editing, as pleaded by many today, their plea being —
Poetry is “spontaneous overflow of emotions”. Good poetry,
edited or unedited, stands out in form and quality. Mallik
has scripted over a thousand poems, carving time out of his
busy schedule, many of which have been published in
various magazines, periodicals, national and international
anthologies. He is currently senior editor at the Odia Virtual
Academy of the state government, taking care of rare books,
scriptures and films being uploaded to the Academy website.
















































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Thralled


You suddenly flew
into my sky
That so far remained
free from clouds
Blue and brilliant,
never sly
Brightly sparkling
beyond all shrouds.
Stirring ripples
with your charm
Thralled my soul
and flew away
To your nest
across seven seas
Beside the shores
of Belo Horizonte.




The Golden Diktat

Life's golden diktat to all:
Qualify and receive;
never hope fruits to drop from heaven;
Try, stand tall;
Life's a garden : it blossoms & its balm
floods your heart and soul
if raised with love and are...
for each plant, each leaf and stem,
each bud and each flower.
It's the divine Ganga….
eternally fluting along its flow
sustaining the soul with its balmy glow.
Never ever befoul the source
of blessings; it's a glittering goldmine
of perennial peace and built-in bliss.
If ever you err – you invoke its ire:
miseries follow, spinning you along
with your lush, sensuous shire
flowers flag... stop blooming,
each leaf and bud
starts withering mercilessly
whiffs of aroma cease with a thud.
The smoothly sailing boat
turns upside down... and you fall,
from the lovely Edenic heights
into the abyss' eerie lull.

@ Basudev Mallik
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Shabnam Kumari


I am a Professional Artist & Graphic Designer, Specialized in Portrait,
Still Life and Landscape Paintings and try to capture the intimate likeness
of a person on paper, canvas, or another surface, as a sculpture,
photograph, painting, or another medium altogether. My aim is to evoke
an emotional response in the viewer in the same way music and film does.
Also works with acrylic paint, Sennelier inks, stamp pads, liquid beading
pens and alcohol-based inks to represent flowers, butterflies, birds and
bees. Over the years, I have explored a range of subject matter, employing
different materials and mediums.
For me, it makes no difference the time of the day or of the night, When I
have ideas, I just paint them.

























































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Sergio Camelini

Sergio Camellini was born in Sassuolo (province of Modena,
Italy). He is a clinical psychologist, psycho-sexologist, poet and
writer (member of the Società Italiana di Sessuologia Clinica e
Psicopatologia Sessuale, Sipse Onlus, Turin). He studies the
'arte povera' of rural life and artisans, and has set up a rural house
museum in the Emilian Apennines. He has published a volume
on body language, his collected works and twelve books of
poetry. His works have been highlighted in journals of poetry
and literary criticism such as “Storia della Letteratura Italiana, il
secondo Novecento” (Alcione 2000, Guido Miano Editore). He
has received various awards including Italian and international
prizes: he is a contributing fellow of the Accademia dei Bronzi,
honorary member of the Associazione Culturale Euterpe and the
Associazione Culturale Versilia Club, and honorary fellow of the
Associazione Culturale L'Oceano nell'Anima. He has been
included in the Eccellenze degli Artisti e Autori del Nuovo
Rinascimento (Centro Leonardo da Vinci, Milan) for which he
writes a column entitled "Il pennino dello psicologo". “Le
Muse”, an international magazine of art and culture, elected him
“Personality of the month”, devoting their cover page to him
(April 2017). Together with other leading authors, he has been
included in the Dizionario Critico della Nuova Letteratura
Italiana (Edizioni Helicon), the Dizionario Autori Italiani
Contemporanei (Guido Miano Editore), the Enciclopedia dei
Poeti Contemporanei Italiani (Aletti Editore) and the
Nuovissimo Dizionario di Autori Scelti (Cronache Italiane,
ANSA). His poems are devoted to everyday life. He manages to
capture the suffering of others and his verses express immense
sensitivity and gentleness.






























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Each Little Gesture


If knowledge
like water
knows where
and how to flow
without overwhelming.


If the echo
of words
is powerful
and not
aggressive.

If each
little gesture
of attention
goes straight
to the heart.

Then it is love.







Falling In Love


There are no limits
no obstacles
no uncertainties,
every impulse is alive.

The surreal
wears a dream,
the dream is unveiled
revealing a sweet reality.

In the intriguing imagination
of the couple,
the union of beings
becomes sublime poetry.

@Sergio Camelini









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Aninidita Ray


Aninidita Ray loves to pen down poems, stories, quotes and
articles that capture the myriad colors of life. A well know Human
Resources professional within her industry, Aninidita has taken a
break from the corporate world to devote more quality time
towards shaping the personality of her nine-year-old son.

Aninidita is a believer and practitioner of living life to the fullest.
She calls herself an absolute learning enthusiast. She is also an avid
traveller, and accomplished chef and baker. She dabbles with
painting and sketching as a way of expressing her perceptions of
life, emotions, joys, pains and nature, besides writing and these
her powerful mediums where she expresses her feelings through
the voice of other women.























































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In Thoughts


You have lost someone forever, gone never to return
Mindlessly you await for a message arrive, the phone to ring
Shadows of a memory, sitting below a lamp post
A moon to mock you, making your loss heavy
Too late, a human touch eerie an impossible
The distance of night the longest, I turn to sleep
I can hear the dogs bark, the tick tock of the clock.
The end arrived unannounced, a hard journey began
Right now you are in someplace I don't know
I retrace my steps backwards, just as yesterday
I can smell the summer lemony fragrance, the forest walk
Today's grim reality, irreversible life situation's worst turn
In seconds taken, a last meeting cruelly snatched!






Faith of Love


No apologies for the eternal love of my life
As, no apologies by ocean for its deep depths
As, no apologies for the pinnacle of highest peaks
Space I seek in your heart, rightfully mine
No apologies I seek, forgiven you will stand
When it's downcast, lookout for rain
In dead of night, lookout for stars
Chance is you will find neither
Breathe calmly, imagine either
You outshined, leaves me most radiant
Pain, grief replaced by reliving golden days
Truth is all sorrows end, paving a new dawn to arrive
I will love you deeply, to run my hand
Over your heart, wanting to caress it gently
One day when we meet again
Voids, be filled, living in peace with a hope
One day, I will whisper back love again!


@ Anindita Ray














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Richa Anand

Dedicated teacher by profession. Runs a coaching centre at my
place. Endeavour to teach ethics and values of life to my
students.Complete my graduation and post graduation after the
birth on my son. Did my post graduation in English Literature from
Jammu University. During Lock Down, get time to think for my
passion of writing, which I couldn't do in my routine life.Feeling
blessed to attain advisement of great luminaries of Literature and get
an opportunity to step into this beautiful world. Thank you to them
from core of my heart.. Blessed mother of a Doctor son, pampered
wife of loving husband, lives in UT of Jammu and Kashmir situated
in India. By the grace of God and inspiration of my loving husband
Sanjay Anand, son Dr. Saagar Anand, I pursue writing poems in
Hindi and English .
I feel poetry is a heavenly bliss which gives pleasure and
contentment to both the poets and readers as well. Thankful to God
for everything.
















































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Love and Lust


Love is divine and pure, lust is vicious and obscure.
Love is ideal rectifier, lust finds no barrier.
Love is a divine chase, lightens up the glorious grace.
Lust is somatic glide, surrender to virtual tide.
Love ties spiritual knot.
Fascinates virtuous heart.
Mesmerise aura with inner beauty.
Showers pleasure and tranquility.
Lust intensifies erotic desire.
Imparts passion to carnal fire .
Derives rapture for indulgence.
Fabricates entire sensual ambiance.
Love associates by touching soul.
Lust concludes extremity in frowl.
Love is pursue for adoration.
Lust is confined in captivation.
Love composes rythmic overture
Lust reflect romantic gesture.
Love is the soothing texture.
Lust is the disguised sensual vesture.


Mother and Child


Spiritual knot associates warmth with heart.
God, Himself ties this knot.
Thread of this union supports love and nurture.
Fabricates a sacred structure.
This eternal bond is a bliss.
Initiates with a vital miss.
Starts care and nurture in her womb.
Experiences virtuous plomb.
Perceives inkling of a new life.
Adore to protect embryo.
Feels phenomenal pleasure.
Considers that the real treasure.
Imparts new life in a wrap.
Embraces herself in own lap.
Negligible is the labour pain.
When compares to this precious gain.
Raise baby with tender care.
Bless him with love and prayer.
Shower incessant protection.
Relish to accord benediction.


@ Richa Anand
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Savitaa Jitesh Tandale

She is highly influenced by the colours of the nature & and a soothing music
coming from nature, because "Painting is a silent poetry". Love to enjoy doing
different mediums like Acrylic, Water, Oil & Mix media experimenting with
colours. She puts her feelings about nature on canvas through abstraction &
contemporary in her style of painting. She also like lino & wood prints . Her
email id is [email protected]

Academic education: Art Teacher Diploma, (Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai) -
1997; G.D. Art, (L. S. Raheja School of Art, Mumbai )-2001; Passed out with
distinction with 4th rank in Maharashtra state.
Exhibitions:1998-99: State art Exhibition Mumbai; 2000- Bombay art Society,
Mumbai; 2000 - Pradershak Art Gallery, Mumbai ; 2017 - Finext Award &
National Exhibition of mini artwork, Bhopal ; 2017 - Prabodhankar Thackeray
Natygruha art gallery, Mumbai; 2018 - Fusion, The Contemporary artist,
Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore ; 2018 - Anubhooti, The Experience Beyond
Horizon, Artband Group Show, Jenangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; 2018 - Vasantha
Art Group, Abstract Demonstration by Me & Group Show, Venkatappa Art
Gallery, Bangalore; 2018 - " The Mokshyam " A National Art Group Show,
Suvadra Art Gallery, Odisha ; 2019 - Group Show, Nehru Centre Art Gallery,
Worli Mumbai; 2019 - " URJAA " A Group Show of Talented Artists, Karnataka
Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore.
Email id -- [email protected]. Phone no-- 7259580358








































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Lopamudra Mishra


Lopamudra Mishra is a poet, translator, and a short story writer.
Her poems and stories reflect her love for the society. The
unusual vibrancy makes her poems very appealing. She is fast
emerging as a poet of sense and sensibility. She completed her
master’s from Ravenshaw University and graduation from
Shailabala women’s college, Cuttack.
Her poems are lyrical, close to heart, soft and romantic. The
meticulous flow in her rhyme magnetizes the readers. Her works
were widely published in many national and Inter-national
journals. She is a regular blogger. She takes the images of her
writing from simple every day incidents, uses metaphors and
imagery to add grace in her skill of presentation. Her language is
simple, easily understood by lay man, quite touching and heart
rendering.
Her first book RYHME OF RAIN was published in march
2017, her second book FIRST RAIN was published in the
month august 2017 and the third book TINGLING
PARABLES was published on May 2018.












































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She Rise Up



Each day a new experiment
Each dawn a novel exploration
Every minute a fresh innovation
Of discovering self of assuming the potentials
Re arranging with the connotative ritual of the assurance, perseverance
Hesitance for the acceptance of the present scenario
And with a little reluctance
Shaping to the mold with the ratio
Following the norms
Grooming the mind to tune with the situation
But the blaze in her, flab at times
The tint in her, flip her mind to rise up from her phoenix
With the dream to grab the stars in her palms
With the aspiration to set herself free, but no alms
She has to be strong
Powerful enough to scream
Draconian against those who made her their victim
For this
She has to rise up in contradiction of the structure
She has to rise up to get prominence in the brochure
She has to rise up.



Just For You


Just for you
If someone will ask me
For whom I write I will say just guess from your side
If the alphabets will ask me
For whom they dance
I will say just because of romance
If the flowers will ask me
For whom I made the buds in me to bloom
I will say I found a fragrance from gloom
If the birds will ask me
Why I sing louder than cuckoo
I will say I found the lyrics and sweetness
Which rhythmically flow and symmetrically glow in me
If the clouds will ask about my dance
I will say because of the untimely rain
If the blank canvas will ask me to fill the colors
I will say I had packed the sketch with the hue
Hence all the tint are meant just for you.

@ Lopamudra Mishra

GEMS - III | 79

Jagriti Roy


Jagriti Roy is an award winning author and blogger from India.
Her first poetry book "Her Random Thoughts" was largely
appreciated across the globe. Apart from that, she has
participated in many anthologies and written many web
contents till now. She has taken part as guest poet in Konark
Literature Festival and Jammu Literature Festival in 2019. She
was invited as a guest poet in International Writers' Meet in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, this year.






























































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Those Eyes


Once I was totally drowned into them.
I was so moved by them at that into.
I couldn't see that he was not mine.
Oh! That lovely time was a complete mayhem.


Once I used to be in complete mess.
My days and nights were haunted by those eyes.
I found those ties to be great delights.
But, the time had gone fast leaving me speechless.

Once those eyes used to make me shy.
My hearts used to skip beats.
My eyes couldn't miss that treats.
Now, the time only makes me cry.



You


I don't know how I can win you.
I don't know how I can please you.
All I know from the bottom of my heart.
I don't want to say the final depart.
I don't know how to make you feel special.
All I want to keep my hand in your hand.
All I want to see you to take my stand.
I don't know how I will endure your denial.
I don't know how I can make you believe.
Your trust, your care gives me such relief.
I don't know how I will face the day!
If I ever need to say go away.
It was never too tough to stop the tear.
It was known as same thing took place before.
Now, just like them, I need to do it once more!
As things are different than they appear.
Heartbreak overpowers when there is none to care.
But, trust break is something which is beyond repair.
But, I kept head high in scorching heat.
Never let it melt the base under my feet.
Whenever heavy rain tried to wash off my courage,
Bright and sunny autumn days were just like mirage.
Frost bite made the journey nearly unbearable!
Even the breeze of late autumn was unviable.
Actually, all these things makes life a sweet survival.
Only if the survivor wants to be unputdownable.


@ Jagriti Roy
GEMS - III | 81

Poonam Anand


Poonam Anand is a fine emerging artist, graphologist, subconscious mind
reimprinting expert and a musician and an individual with abilities to
perceive and showcase the world filtered by her life experiences in pieces of
art . Born n bought up in the culturally rich city of Kolkata, her love for art
grew with age .She is proud to be a self taught artist as skills can be acquired
but her passion and grit is priceless. She has explored n experimented with
numerous mediums n styles like oil, water, pastels, charcoal, tanjore, phad,
warli, lithography, gold foil work, soft wood sculpture etc . At present she
mostly creates works in acrylic in realistic, abstract or contemporary style on
canvas. Her works with gold leafing has been extraordinary.
Her works are full of life, and they show an exceptional degree of hard work,
conceptual sophistication and a meditative symphony of brush strokes She
believes art is a passionate journey of the soul and if u dip the brush in your
soul n paint the canvas with feelings, Your journey will be long n successful.
She doesn't aspires to make a living through Art. She aspires to make a
difference. A difference with her thoughts, her views, and her works.
She has donated many paintings for various social causes and is currently the
veteran head for the Art Council of a non govt organization called Yeh Mera
India. And also the chairperson of Mumbai branch of YMI. She has done
shows in all major cities in India and also many cities abroad . Most of her
shows are held in Mumbai in galleries like Jahangir, Cymroza and Nehru
centre.





































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Thenmozhi Rajagopal


Thenmozhi rajagopal with her pen name Madhura is a well
known Tamil poet. She lives in Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, India.

She has published a book "sol enum vennpuraa" last year., and
it got the award of Thanjai Prakash Memorial Budding
Writer Award of 2019.
And another book of translation in english is going on. She
has published a short story book in amazon also. She writes
both formal and free style verses.
And got the award of Kavichudar From Padaippu, Group and
got Paithamizh Paamani and Karigai Vendhar for formal
verses.

She has compiled 100 poets"tamil poems and published a
book. Her short stories are published in leading Tamil
magazines. As an English literature graduate she is writing
English poems also.
















































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The Anthem of Soul


Actually, Life is very short
But we can make it so sweet.
We bring and take nothing with us
So why fight among ourselves?
Hearts of everyone are of the same shape.
Colour of blood is also the same
Wind and rain are there for one and all
Nature doesn't deny right of use to anyone.
Why do we bother for a land piece?
Let us work for world peace.
Try to break the barriers of caste and creed
We all are one of the same national breed.
Let us sow the seed of love everywhere
Let love be our soul's anthem now... and here.





Nature's Message




Fishes splashing in a silvery fall
White clouds adrift in procession
on mountain ridges, attract all.
Clusters of flowers welcome dawn
Dew drops glitter on the sprawling lawn.

Darkness flees the sleepy hilltops
Golden ball on horizon
augur the day well
The world wakes up again,
to start anew its journey
Nature gives it company
but with its warning bell
To be cautious and not silly.

Let's walk steady with care
Not ignore what we think as small
For each small has its own beauty
Let's love each and all, each and all.


@ Thenmozhi Rajagopal







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Dinesh Manchanda

Dinesh Manchanda, a 'Menswear Designer' by profession who's
been associated with many leading Bollywood Designers and
Corporate Brands in the span of 7 years of his augmented and
experiential career journey, although he doesn't prefer to
identify himself merely with the work he does for a living. His life
seemed to find a true meaning and higher purpose some 4 years
back when he had a life changing experience of inner ecstasy
through the meditation he used to practice and continues to
perform as an integral part of his life.
Wielding his spiritual leanings and practices, he's now a
motivational speaker and happiness coach too and talks about
human behavior, consciousness and inner-pleasantness through
his writings, talks and podcasts. Writing came to him very
naturally since childhood and he firmly believes that words in
writing are the most effective way of communicating and
addressing issues to bring a change in the society. He's in midst
of completing his first solo book on 'New consciousness' which is
set for a worldwide release by Jan 2021.



Peace


To know that the outer chaos isn't our reality
We must dive in to get in touch with our tranquility,
There are many wonderful things about peace
But the best one is that it's our innate original quality.


We aren't what we acquire
We aren't what we desire,
We're a formless flow of divine energy
Wearing this body like attire.

If death is ever certain
Then how well we should live,
In return to the creation
What is that which we can give.


We can radiate positivity and make the universe more joyous
By spending few moments in meditation beyond the outer noise,
Remember! Even In the midst of turbulence
Sticking to Inner Peace is always a choice.
May the peace be with you always!


@ Dinesh Manchanda
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Damn That Love


Damn that love!
Which makes you feel less worthy,
Damn that love!
Which lacks deep emotions and is just wordy.

Damn that love!
Which enables someone to let you shove,
Damn that love!
Which makes you loose belief in love.

Damn that love!
Which holds your growth and stops you to rise,
Damn that love!
Which starts with adjustments and ends on compromise.

Damn that love!
Which has endless issues to resolve,
Damn that love!
Which doesn't allow you to evolve.


Choose love which doesn't give wounds
But the kind which heals like love,
Choose love which really soothes
And the kind which feels like love.
May you always love the right love!


@ Dinesh Manchanda





Love to be polite
than being polished:

prefer to be lovable
than being praisable

...Author















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Bharati Hazarika


Bharati Hazarika is a multilingual poet who lives in Guwahati, Assam,
India. She is a nature lover and she believes in humanity. Her poems,
stories and articles have been published in different local, and
International Anthologies, Newspapers and Megazines. She has been
awarded "Nobel Laureate Kabiguru Rabindra Nath Tagore Award" by
Arpita Foundation of Vrindavan, "World Laurette of Poetry Award"
awarded by World Parliament of English Literature, "Asom Sahitya
Award " for her literary works and "Kabyashree Award " for her Assamese
poetry book "ANUBHOBOR BOROXUN" awarded by Shristir Padatik
and "Certificate of Achievement" awarded by Suryodaya Literary
Foundation. The Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, Govt of Gujarat and
Motivational Strips jointly awarded her an Honour of Certificate of
Appreciation amongst 350 poets of 80 Countries of the world which is
recently announced during Independence Day on the 15th August, 2020.
She is one of the amongst 105 Indian poets and 350 International poets.
Now she has been serving as Assistant Director under Secondary
Education Department.
She is the Adviser of Central Executive Committee of All Assam Working
Women Association. She is the Adviser of Assam Lekhika Sanstha, Vice
President of Mahanagar Kabi Kanan, Chief Director of Assam, "suryodaya
Global Literary Foundation", Bhubaneswar, Odisha.., ADVISER of
"Eternal Flames" Odisha,











Every word has its meaning,

every figure has its value,

But it depends
how we treat,

how we handle.



...Author









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Elegy


In the bosom of solitary nature
Dews seem to be my silent tears-
And I'm broken heart
Like the strings of broken lyres


In every night and every morn
Melancholy is my companion,
Thus, my days run to years
With my bootless cries

My all colourful hopes
Lost the path in gloomy future
Now I decorate my own graveyard
And count my last days in the tips of fingers

My corpse will lie in the ground
I hope, thou'lt come-
Then, bid me adieu with cherry garland
Thy deep sigh will come !


@Bharati Hazarika





Freedom is Our Birthright


Freedom is our birthright
You can not snatch away our pride

You can chain our feet to restrict the movement
But how can you chain our will power !?

You can chain our hands
How can you chain our minds!

You can stitch our lips
Can you chain our thoughts!

You can bind our eyes
Can you, can you bind our soul !!

Freedom is our birthright
You can not snatch our pride

@Bharati Hazarika

GEMS - III | 89

Sonia Batra


Dr Sonia Batra is a dentist by profession and a writer by passion
You have seen her in many anthologies. Her solo venture The Soul
Stirrings is in final stages of publishing. You have seen her poems in
Gems 1, Gems2. She has been awarded Nobel Laureate Kabi Rabinder
Nath Tagore award. Honoured by governments of Sychelles,
Khazkhstan and Peru. Recently awarded by Gujarat Sahitya. Academy
for her contribution to Global Literature.































































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True Love



A day more cold than coldest of hearts
A feel more warm than warmest of hugs
A heart more strayed than darkest of strayed hopes
A sin, more beautiful than a heartfelt prayer

Yes, love is in the air ...

He, a fine stream of watery exuberance
Shaping the pebbles of her shackles
For once ...
Making her go after her hearts desires and rattles

Nothing to contain, containers lay bare
But her cup was full with ambroisal nectar
Love and freedom ...
Pouring out of spouts of words and actions

Her being soulfully merging with his soul
Drowning in the seas of his eyes
She had found herself there

Birthing of true love ...
Silently, so clear ...


Wanderings


Wanderings ever pondered in her pensive ponderings
Thoughts ever richocheting on her composite composites

Yes...
Expectations always sorrowful in their botherings
Beautiful hearts ever squandered by deceitful squanderings
Desires often escalated by uncontrolled controllings
Silences more hurtful in their indecencies

In relations, no absolute relativity
They came with complex quadratic intimacy
Yes...
Love did expire in its jittery inconveniences


And ...
Her words often bled on blank papers as her skillful rhetoric
In her wilderness, her pen her testimony
@Sonia Batra

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Williamsji Maveli

Williamsji Maveli is the senator member of WORLD UNION OF
POETS and Founder of WHORLED WIDE WRITERS, world's most
active writers forum. He is a member of WORLD NATIONS WRITERS
UNION holding an additional honorary member status in their academy
World Higher Literary Academic Council (WHLAC ).
A Freelance Journalist from Kerala, Williamsji Maveli, wears his many
featured caps with elegance. He has created a place for himself in the world
of poetry and literary review writing and contributes regularly to many
poetry web sites and groups.

Earlier, he had worked for Emirates Telecommunications Corporation
(Etisalat), Thurayya Satellite Corporation in Abu Dhabi UAE, ME
Publishers, Khaleej Times, Gulf News & Gulf Today – All News Agencies
in United Arab Emirates.











I prefer to

instill confidence


among my

friends than

supporting them


for ever






...Author














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Sixth Sense


Fine is the redwine drops from your lips,
To dance and to sing, I hold your hips;
Sugary bread we eat is from your oven,
An angel appeared now is from heaven.
Knowing nothing new on loving trends,
Forget the loved games and close friends,
I love thee in a grief; sorrowful despair
Wings lost, flying in air without my pair
What to do if a red sunset often freeze;
Love comes and goes through the breeze;
Where there is silence and strange peace;
I hear the tune of a sixth sensation at ease!





Bliss



The rain clouds are on her forehead,
From sky to the waterless ground,
A thousand drops pelt downward,
Earth became like a tired drunkard,
I just love my Mother Earth!
Mist melted in favor of sun beams,
Blue clouds shrink away with shame
Woman Earth, blown up with the bow;
Sky, the Sea and the Shore all in a row.
I just like my Blue Ocean!
Maids of nature stood in dusty green
Birds of love flew again in mind pain
For this is love and nothing else is love;
To which we all entrust someone above.
I just love my God Above!


@Williamsji Maveli


















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Gomati Joshi


Gomati Joshi is a civil engineer tuned artist from Bangalore. She runs an
art institute called Arty Facets where all forms arts (including music,
musical instruments, art, craft are taught children as well as adults) are
taught. When she thought of turning her passion into profession, she
started making terracotta jewellery on orders and soon her designs became
popular and she had her hands full. She ships her Jewellery across the
country as per orders. They say, the journey of a thousand miles begins
with a single step. Her artistic journey began when she left her well-paying
job to follow her passion. She started making Jewellery, candles and other
handicrafts and started participating in various exhibitions. Soon she
wanted to reach out to people who had similar interests and to make an
effort to bring all the arts and craft forms under one roof, she started her
institute 'Arty Facets' a decade ago. What started with just two teachers
and two students has over 150 students today and 15 teachers across 15
disciplines. India has a long cultural history attached to it and our arts and
crafts are as old as us and Gomati believes that it is very important to
preserve and nurture our traditional art forms.
At Arty Facets, they have a plethora of art classes to choose ;
basic clay modelling to intricate pottery work, candle making to Jewellery
making, Indian classical music, Musical Instruments, Classical dance to
Bollywood dancing and various other craft forms.








































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Sabrina Rubin


Sabrina Rubin was born in Jashore district that came into existence
with the natural siltation process of the Ganges river. On the map
drawn by Ptolemy, Rubin’s birthplace finds proximity with the
ancestral home of Rabindranath Tagore and Sonneteer Michael
Madhusudan Dutta. Thus, poetry came to her as a gift of nature. She is
gifted with versatility and lofty intellectual caliber that enabled her to
compose passionate and enthralling poems. In her professional life she
is a reputed physician as well as an enormously influential woman with
huge charismatic zeal. She is quite accomplished in the domain of art
and literature.


























































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Fire on Ice



Beloved!
Walking in deep darkness
We, both...
Not holding the hands of each other Sigh!
Memories wrong turn reminds you
There lonely heart cries
Days are short, nights long
Fake hope, anxious mind
Remember my long lost friend
Hold on pains
We are together but apart
No more apologise, no excuses
No need to prove me again and again
Days come night gone
Lonely heart remains alone
Waiting when the journey ends
Have to go back again...


Lost Dream


Together never
Walk on the flow
Simply parallels
Where dream is destiny
Hold you tight
Not beside
Magical melody
You turn me on
Every moment.

I arouse
My heart felt
Sodden lips want to melt
I get unknown pleasure
While talking
The conversation is not extreme
But every inch a feel
Your breath
You laughter
Lost in you
Its a dream
Never comes true


@ Sabrina Rubin

GEMS - III | 97

Bindi Sharma



Bindi Sharma studied Pol. Science and freelance journalist. Submitted
thesis the status of women in Himachal (in All India Jaipur conference
under international abolinist federation of Geneva.) is bilingual poet
writes in English, Hindi, Bangla and Urdu. Her first book was released
in 2017 in Hyderabad international world poetic fest (Eternal
Memories). Her Poems and articles have been published in various
national and international books and journals and She is recipient of
many national and international Awards.
















Virtuous Abode


In mythology the Greek
underworld where souls go after
death , the original Greek idea
of after life very much like
Indian concept - however it was
considered very important to
the Greeks to honour the dead
...Elysium also called Elisian
fields or Elisian plain ..

Lively and cheerful
The deep frolicsome
Sea with furious waves
Hold me tight with your
Oars
As you row
But remain firm with my being
Take me to Atlantic Ocean
Off the west coast
"The Greek Paradise"
After death
"The abode of virtuous" !!

@Bindi Sharma

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