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“State of Affairs In Our World” by Lazola Pambo

by New Asian Writing • 16/03/2014 • 1 Comment

Some call it paranoia, But I simply say plainly, It is the state of affairs in our world, We vote for a president And he or she ambushes the nation, Forgetting the people,   We lack to understand each other…

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“Courage for the Battered Heart” by Lazola Pambo

by New Asian Writing • 16/03/2014 • 0 Comments

People of today have no sense of compassion, Only a rare few show love, So many crooks roaming about this world, Fraudulent and disguised, Even the postman nowadays, Has a trick or two up his sleeve,   Why in the…

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“The Power of Forgiveness’ by Lazola Pambo

by New Asian Writing • 16/03/2014 • 0 Comments

It takes a man and a woman of courage, To ask for forgiveness, The heart lives in pain but the mind lives in denial, How exceptional indeed, When broken pieces are gathered once again Domestic violence Never shows any harmony…

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‘Elegy’ by Prathap Kamath

by New Asian Writing • 13/03/2014 • 0 Comments

The news of ends came mounting the whitest clouds; they showered each time I shivered a cool drizzle as soft as mother’s kiss that got warmer by the moment falling upon me.   Each loved one went silently down; bubbles…

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‘Poets don’t allow poems to take an aeroplane’ by Prathap Kamath

by New Asian Writing • 13/03/2014 • 0 Comments

Poets don’t allow poems to take an aeroplane; they are afraid of the heights it might take their lines to.   They believe that poetry should stand firmly on firm ground.   If it flies, it should fly on its…

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‘Sinking’ by Prathap Kamath

by New Asian Writing • 13/03/2014 • 0 Comments

Sinking When the waters refuse To swallow the sails   Sinking When the body blooms And the mind rots   Sinking When all that laughter won’t Wipe a little pain   Sinking When the blood of life Goes black with…

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‘Morning’ by Prathap Kamath

by New Asian Writing • 13/03/2014 • 0 Comments

Water boils in the steel pot held over the blue flame;   bubbles rising from the bottom as small as mustard seeds   move up in a tornado growing as they swirl to surface   big and strong as life…

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‘THE DOMESTIC MAID’ by Anita Desai

by New Asian Writing • 06/03/2014 • 11 Comments

Short story selected for the 2014 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology The mighty sun was rising on the city. The birds had taken flight on a new day. The city was abuzz with early morning activities; milk and newspaper…

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‘The Night’ by Dipima Buragohain

by New Asian Writing • 06/03/2014 • 1 Comment

Right in the middle of the starclad night, The fireflies nestle my delicate dreams, Over the beaming moon Blush the naive hopes. It’s a glasshouse of choices, Choices that are made with Each glorious sunshine and Every dark blue twillight.…

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‘Through Love’s Great Power’ by Vikram Seth

by New Asian Writing • 03/03/2014 • 0 Comments

Through love’s great power to be made whole In mind and body, heart and soul – Through freedom to find joy, or be By dint of joy itself set free In love and in companionhood: This is the true and…

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‘A Thousand Pieces of Me’ by Dipima Buragohain

by New Asian Writing • 22/02/2014 • 0 Comments

The rainbow sky, And its crimson dye, The hailstorm glove Of the insane love, The maddening rush Of the hopeful crush, Of all the catchings and snatchings, Of dreaming and screaming, What words and swords, What lies and cries, Of…

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