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    Day: October 21, 2022

    • ISSUE 8
    • POETRY
    October 21, 2022

    Things I am Learning from the Sea By Basundhara Roy

    Acknowledge this restlessness as yours not the world’s and accept that wherever

    byBasudhara Roy
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    October 21, 2022

    Of that Old Pain By Nuzhat Khan

    How do you kiss mouths where Words are festering deprivation?

    byNuzhat Khan
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    October 21, 2022

    Ishta-devata and Other Poems By Indu Parvathi

    That summer evening, the smoke of disquiet gathered between her voice and

    byIndu Parvathi
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    • POETRY
    October 21, 2022

    Kindness and Other Poems By Nithya Mariam John

    a silent lizard flicks its tail, patient companion as I sit staring at the fan

    byNithya Mariam John
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    October 21, 2022

    Merci and Other Poems By Aditi Bhattacharjee

    I make us some blue tea/ ask you to sit with me/ we talk about morning glories

    byAditi Bhattacharjee
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    October 21, 2022

    Am I Worth Your Compassion? By Kris Kaila

    If I whispered my secret in your ear, Would you believe it?

    byKris Kaila
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    October 21, 2022

    Accidental Worship By Madhu Kailas

    Long drawn shadows are also children of the sun Cast far away on

    byMadhu Kailas
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    October 21, 2022

    To Our Unborn and Other Poems by Bhaskar Pitla

    Stand on your toes tall, watch the world Let the morning Sun glaze your thoughts

    byBhaskar Pitla
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