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A rusted bell

Poem: Honk Honk

The writer Sandeep Jain writes under the pen name Timeless Poetry. He is a real estate broker to whom words come in an endless flow.

18 March 2023

The yellow leaves of pretty quarrels

Poems: Pain And Healing

Pain is a bedside lamp. It blinks like a jackal’s eyes, from the night bushes.

11 March 2023

Try to give rebirth

Poem: The Poet's Breath

I am she who/Born free in the land of the free/Speaks for them.

07 March 2023

Many roads, different routes, some taken and few forsaken...

Of Roads, Love And The Fall

Time flies...Has it made me any wise?

11 March 2023

The Poet’s Breath by Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca

The Poet’s Breath

Read a poem by Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca on International Women’s Day 2023.

08 March 2023

Poem Eating Together by Shantashree Mohanty

Poem: Eating Together

Shantashree Mohanty writes a poem about the experience of eating together with family.

05 March 2023

Lingering salt in claustrophobic sea...

Poems: The Scream And Lemongrass Tea

Melting grassroots/in an extrovert honey/her passionate lips...like the cappadocia balloons- primrose, pastel pink.

11 March 2023

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Book Review: Ananya Chatterjee’s Barefoot On Splintered Glass

Book Review: Ananya Chatterjee’s Barefoot On Splintered Glass

Using the tropes of the seasons in her poems, Ananya Chatterjee has dealt with human relationships and nature interchangeably. The robin-abandoned Gulmohar and the heartbroken human are the same. By doing so, she has given...

05 March 2023

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05 March 2023
Short Poem: The Family On TV

Short Poem: The Family On TV

So at what point did you realise, ​​that you’re not the family on TV?


24 February 2023
Poet Ashok Vajpeyi Says Won't Participate In Culture Fest Over Censorship, Organisers Deny Claims

Poet Ashok Vajpeyi Says Won't Participate In Culture Fest Over Censorship, Organisers Deny Claims

Poet Ashok Vajpeyi on Friday said he won't participate in a cultural festival as he was scheduled to because the organizers asked him not to read poems...


19 February 2023
Poem: Getting It Right By Vibha Batra

Poem: Getting It Right By Vibha Batra

Poet Vibha Batra writes a poem for Outlook on getting it right in life.


18 February 2023
Short Poem: Or So Everyone Said

Short Poem: Or So Everyone Said

Dreams often led, To trouble...Or so everyone said


10 February 2023
No Country For Muslims

No Country For Muslims

Angshuman Kar’s poem speaks about the consequences of reducing one’s identity to a piece of paper


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05 February 2023
Ten Poems By Uday Shankar Ojha

Ten Poems By Uday Shankar Ojha

Poet Uday Shankar Ojha writes 10 poems for Outlook.


03 February 2023
From The Truth Of The Inanimate To The Gaps In Existence: A Poem Series That Longs For Hopes

From The Truth Of The Inanimate To The Gaps In Existence: A Poem Series That Longs For Hopes

Our primary existence is all about truths that are oozed out from the inanimate and the animated objects that surround us. At a time, when love is the last...


29 January 2023
Four Rhapsodic Poems By Simrita Dhir

Four Rhapsodic Poems By Simrita Dhir

Poet Simrita Dhir dives into childhood and teenage, compiling sights, smells, tastes, sounds and fantasies into four confine-breaking poems, free of structure...


29 January 2023
Some Random Thoughts On American Literature And Tagore

Some Random Thoughts On American Literature And Tagore

America or Europe had nobody comparable with Tagore in the holistic completeness of multivarious art forms. Tagore had said if not for anything else, his songs...


22 January 2023
Five Poems By Ankit Raj Ojha

Five Poems By Ankit Raj Ojha

Poet Ankit Raj Ojha writes five poems on dreaming of success, seeking solace in fate foretold, and other themes.


18 January 2023
Poems: 'An Ode To Kwai' And 'Coward'

Poems: 'An Ode To Kwai' And 'Coward'

Basil Darlong Diengdoh writes two poems for Outlook.


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15 January 2023
A Series Of Poems That Smell Of Snowflakes

A Series Of Poems That Smell Of Snowflakes

Poet Moumita Alam writes five poems on winter.


14 January 2023
Poem: Outside, I Was Told

Poem: Outside, I Was Told

Dr Huzaifa Pandit translates a poem by Abdur Rehman Rahi, one of the foremost exponents of Kashmiri literature who died earlier this week at the age of 98.


14 January 2023
Poem: Spring And The Artisan

Poem: Spring And The Artisan

Dr Huzaifa Pandit translates a poem by Abdur Rehman Rahi, one of the foremost exponents of Kashmiri literature who died earlier this week at the age of 98.


17 December 2022
Short Poems

Short Poems

Here are four poems of Wilson Kateel that have been translated by Kamalakar Kadave.


17 December 2022
Poem: The Dante Dream

Poem: The Dante Dream

Dare I mention the desire of writing ever again in life? There came upon my ear a terse reply — Yes! Rightfully, in my place, to enjoy this pleasure that...


15 December 2022
Poems On Football: Off The Field And On The Field

Poems On Football: Off The Field And On The Field

What does football mean to us, to a third-world country with so-called growing GDP, when we are losing our fields to giant companies and mining barons? Is it...


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