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Digital watercolor of a person releasing origami birds that become real birds at sunrise, symbolising how to let go of expectations.

Quote #425 | William Shakespeare

How to Let Go of Expectations Without Losing Hope Expectation is the root of all heartache. Most of us have lived through a moment that makes this line feel painfully true. We look forward to an occasion for weeks, only for it to fall flat. We trust someone to respond in a certain way, then Read more…

I Will is a poem by Ria Mishra about despair and the promise of a better future

I Will | A Poem | September 2020 | Ria Mishra

I will live in the in-between land where the far-off murmurs of the crowd give me company while I tell stories to myself. I will build a hut in the fringes of fraternities and forests, where I’ll plant a garden for the deer and demons. I will write poetry from treetops for the life of Read more…

Autumn is a poem about hopelessness and depression

Autumn

Autumn always reigned on the tree of my dreams Multicolored leaves and angling twigs   Leaves always seemed to leave on pilgrims To the god of death and his temple of twisted limbs.   Passersby always heed the aging hues of their rims With a kind word or two, adieu they always bid.   Buds Read more…