Merci beaucoup mon amour How I soar In passionate purple skies With love-fed sinewy wings- My heart sings To know the world through your eyes.
Author: Preeti Brahmin
Preeti Brahmin is a teacher by profession. She feels she is a work in progress and would like to keep it that way. She writes poems and short stories once in a while. She enjoys learning, sharing and growing with people she interacts with, especially her kids at home and in school.
Life’s Like That
I am called by the name of Vardan in school. At home in the village they know me by a few other names, one of
The Gambit
The fierce sun blades that had seared through the rich cobalt of the morning sky to singe the exposed parts of my face, were now
Storm Before the Calm
April 15th Binodini’s worn-out pale sari looked old and stale next to the blazing bright white of her daughter’s shroud. The dry coarse wind possessed
Happy Never After
“At least one of us should be happy”. She thumped the dough in the bowl and spat out the sarcasm. Mouth downturned at the edges,
An Awakening
The toboggan rattled down the incline carrying two excited riders screaming with trepidation. Sriju and Gunjan folded their knees towards the end of the slide,
The Rescue
Your phone won’t stop pinging in notifications. The latest viral irritant forces your attention to the caption – ‘Nurse bludgeons five puppies to pulp outside Hospital .’ A
How Birkay Won Niru’s Hand
Birkay puffed some air into the blowpipe and sparked the embers to life. It was the most important day of his life, and he couldn’t
