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Hook Up With A Book

Hook Up With A Book

Night after night, noon after noon
mommy didn't sing me to sleep
An Experience That Changed My Life

An Experience That Changed My Life

By Sakshi Arya

In the past, I’ve been ashamed

of the experience that changed my life,

Don't Move Or I'll shoot!

Don't Move Or I'll shoot!

By Snigdha Pradhan

"Don't move or I'll shoot!", he yelled down at me.
A terrified sixteen year old, what would I do?

I Dream To Get Up at 8

I Dream To Get Up at 8

By Romit Srivastava
Within that dim-lit room
when you ached for a conversation.
Sudden Remorse

Sudden Remorse

More of the aspirations they aspire,
Level of  their confidence grow,
Change Is Important

Change Is Important

By Katijimo Jimo

Even the little insignificant ones

Like growing to like a bitter vegetable
Walking Away

Walking Away

By Priyanka B

I choose to walk away.

The mediocrity of love is exhausting.

An Ode To Words

An Ode To Words

By Carolin Yanglem

Of all the things I want to be ,

of all the things I wish I am

Change

Change

Solemnly I stand near the seashore,
Everytime drawn closer to the change;
Pen: Has Changed My Life

Pen: Has Changed My Life

By  Ricky Kmenlang Mawlong

Shy and simple boy was I,

Silent and who don't socialise,

Oh, You Heart Breaking Failure

Oh, You Heart Breaking Failure

By Pragya Jain

Oh, you heart breaking failure, why did you find me?

You were like a walk on the thorn

तजुर्बों ने  हमेशा कुछ नया सिखाया है

तजुर्बों ने हमेशा कुछ नया सिखाया है

By Keerat Gandhi

जब जब मैंने दुनिया को पढ़ना चाया है

तजुर्बों को सदा मुझपर मुस्काते पाया है
Orange Marigolds

Orange Marigolds

By Spatika Jayaram

I am peeking behind a flower wreath,
My eyes are blinking, the petals

दोस्त थे!!

दोस्त थे!!

यू तो मेरी जिंदगी में मौज थी  
कोई इतना बड़ा गम नहीं  था ,
यू तो पहले अनजान थे हम,

यू तो पहले अनजान थे हम,

यू तो पहले अनजान थे हम,
अनजानी राहों पर मिले थे हम|
Poetry

Poetry

I lay in my bed again that night.
A series of questions hitting me hard.
The Revolution

The Revolution

By Tanya D. Saxena

Seems easy right? 

Well guess what ? 
Tragic Heroes

Tragic Heroes

By Anurima Mukherjee
Every night, I lay here with
your thoughts stacked in my mind.
The Confession

The Confession

Lying lifeless over a pool of blood, 
All I could sense was misery and all lies. 
खूद को ही नहीं समझता

खूद को ही नहीं समझता

By Preety Goyat

खूद को ही नहीं समझता
शायद बहोत बदल गया हूँ मैं

Varalika Mishra

Varalika Mishra

By Varalika Mishra

My childhood was lived in my grandma’s arms

I was cradled with love and kindness

Change, It's Painful

Change, It's Painful

A fun loving girl with lots of dreams
but a sudden change
An Experience That Changed My LIfe

An Experience That Changed My LIfe

By Vimmy Dembani

I was at a dead end ,

When I lost my friend..

She Changed For Her Freedom

She Changed For Her Freedom

By Archi Patel 

No, don’t go alone at bays 

Don’t wear that dress

It Is Time

It Is Time

By Pooja Elangba

You were young and you wanted

all of it, all at once.

The Day I Almost Lost You

The Day I Almost Lost You

By Linshan Thiyam

The day I almost lost you 

Time asserted its value upon me 

An Experience That Changed My Life

An Experience That Changed My Life

By Monica Moirangthem
In the midst of the early risers,
across the path you stood.
I Can’t Handle A Break Up

I Can’t Handle A Break Up

I can’t handle a break up and
he was giving his dying wife little jokes and hiccups 
I Grow Old

I Grow Old

By Tanya Jain

I grow old, I grow old,

with the passage of time,

She Gave Me Birth Again

She Gave Me Birth Again

Tears from her eyes
Shattered my soul