BOOKS AMEYA

Hourglass is a palindrome poem about the transience of life

Hourglass | A Palindrome Poem | December 2020 | Anagha

Your time has not come, not yet! The sand trickles slowly, Down the hourglass Thanking the heavens above, You take a slow and deep breath With your loved ones around you   Now the roads seem empty and vacant, Once bubbling with hurrying souls As the days morph into night To see the gift of Read more…

Superpower is a poem on Ameya about the real superpower that lies within all of us

Superpower | A Poem | November 2020 | Anagha

A cute little kid was restless He ached to be on the playground as he awaited the final bell to ring O it was going to be vacation time his heart would repeatedly sing   The teacher gave the class an essay as homework along with the promise of a prize The kid packed away 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…