Dr Ranbir LaishramAmid the chaos outside,Fully aware of the world outside,But my mind displacedMy inner self dwells in a bubble,Deep inside my own world,A self - made cocoon,It's millieu unpolluted.Is it the only way to get solace and peace ?In times of u..

M SushilkumarIs this the reason, this the sceneThese tensions and turmoil.That will replace our peaceful co-existenceThis tearful gloom for that hearty smilesThis breathlessness and the restlessness for that cheerful soundnessThese mournful gatherings for..

Dr Ranbir LaishramLooking back the days of yore,Where - Amidst a fulfilling life,Greeneries and adequacy all around,Peace and harmony among natives,We all dwelled in a world of simplicity,Under the care and guidance of the elders,Secure and pleasant;A lif..

YojnaI have a house in Dong busty Peshok tea gardenWe used to grow tea, oranges, cardamom, vegetables and spicesWe lived with two cows, one pig, many hens and a dog named BuluOccasionally wild boars and monkeys used to visit.Our house faced north towards ..

Dr Ranbir LaishramThe frosty wintertime has gone by,No more morning dense fog and cloudy mind,Cold breeze no longer touches my face,With the arrival of 'Cheiraoba Festival',The sweet Spring is here in my farm house.Spring is a time of wonder,When the spri..

M Minakshi DeviIn a cloudy night, laid I burdened by life's strife,Sought I a slight respite from my mental blight.Then, a sound met my ears with a melodious might,When a balmy bird came to my sight.Its hymn hiked my spirit to a high height,That begot a b..

M Minakshi DeviAfter  days of building a castle in the air for a downpour,The miles of unrelenting blue seemingly ashy now.Clouds billow towards us  pushing through the bucolic and town,Unexpectedly as if some miracles on the earth are to be bro..

M Minakshi DeviIn the drying sand on the firing landWhere the rays of the Sun,Makes everything crumble and burn.The forest is ripped and dull.There are butterflies around wilted flowersThat has ripped wings and  downturned colours.The sickly thin cat..

M Minakshi DeviFor a long drive at dusk, whenever I ride a top- less car,Search I across the sky for a stable star twinkling afar,Me to lead as an ardent guiding star.Choose I the Pole Star, me to gently guide.For, living me and the night- sky it never hi..

M Minakshi DeviStrolled I restlessly outside a random cafe,Whilst the hazy sky looked seemingly fine,Though I could envision a light shower.Yet, in forbearance, I wisely chose to wait.The air stirred soon later quite like a mad mammoth,The clouds then loo..

Ningthemba ChingsubamFar from this waterlogged villageIn the middle of the man-made lakeThe belfry steeple stood, emergedPointing high up into the clouds.It seems to narrate an untold storyOf the village, submerged under water.God made the villageBut man ..

Chiliyana ChingakhamAnd one day he said “I am not happy”.She asked in her soft tone what was the matter?With despondency he replied“I am not happy with you anymore”.She winced, with aghast to his reply.Poor fool, little did he know..

Dr Ranbir LaishramFirecrackers and beating of drums everywhere,As the clock struck midnightOn the last day of the year 2022,Awakened by the sound of my dog barkingOn a chilly winter night,I woke up thinking of the new year's  resolutionThat lay befor..

M Minakshi DeviThe night of departing year is coming to an end,It's the time for ebullient assemblage with family and friends.As we sip on Dulcet drinks, a pain sits inThat from we can't refrain,To bid adieu to a sweet-year which will not return again.Wit..

M Minakshi DeviAsleep in deep I, cracker's sound at midnight opened my eyes.Listened a thrilling tone, so familiar- Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell.Echoed that, today is Merry Christmas day.Slipped I back into childhood days, for an angelic story to tell.Recalle..

Sanasam PratibimbAnd he knew he will die,I also knew he will not live long,Together we sat looking at the bamboo Grove,As the song of "Ram Teri......G M' swept,Over the bamboo ,from Mike.We didn't speak,The silence speaks all,And now the silence,The bambo..

M Minakshi DeviCalmly  burns the candle.Stare I at her flickering flame delightfully dance,Lits up she dark sites, brilliance to arise around,An enlightening light to lives stay in surrounds.Ponder I, how a lighted dying soulGlow so in glee in a dark..

Rahul KhangembamTo faces to see and behold,Two lips to call or speak,Two hands to take and giveTwo hearts for good and evil.But life is short and sweetTo be born and die,So don’t waste your life,Living for self or gain,God gives us the two choicesHe..

M Minakshi DeviA banshee plays a single song on a dusty piano stored for long,Within the deserted attic she rests in gloom and spends.She mutters over and over that they must repent.Her wails shook the haunted house from the base to the broken crown.Her f..

M Minakshi DeviI stood by the blue tinted WindowOf the Covid care ward.Assuming what life after this will be like?An experience of a kind - Candid sunlight,Elucidating the air, flower ruffling breeze.Maze of cottony  clouds sweeping through the roofT..

Sanasam PratibimbI woke up this morning ,Trying to remember the idea,I thought in my dream last night;But nay,I hadn't the faintest ideaAbout it,now that I am awake .Oh! Where had my idea gone?I haven't the faintest idea,But it was such a beautiful idea;I..

M Minakshi DeviLoving her is like  being patient in a war,Calming an anxious heart in thunderclap.Loving her is embracing in lighted loneliness,As loyally as I can, within  my bars.Loving her is memory out of the longing  memories,Alike Wis..

Shahnaz Islam Feelings are just feelingsHere I can’t hide thoughAnd it is even ain’t foreverBut nurturing a kind of feelingBe chime the melody of loveFeelings are just feelingsHere I won’t regret to reciteBefore perishing forever arrives..

M Minakshi DeviOh ferryman, benevolentferryman,In which direction are youheading your boat?Are you floating towards theHoly Ganges? May I hop on?I seek to feel its serendipityand divinity,Its crisp zephyr aloft its colossal surface,The water that will car..

M Minakshi DeviAs I lie awake on a sleepless night,Thoughts of future makes me fright.As I look towards the moon white and bright,An albescent beam soothes my sight.While I close my eyes trying to sleep again,Memories of a dear one gives me bitter pain.As..