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The Masked Reality

The Masked Reality

The sky is covered with dark clouds, amidst them sparkles the ray of hope. Stagnation in the sky, precursor to the enchanting peacock dance, The scented earth and the floral profusion. The scorching sun is away peeping through the rain drops, playing hide and seek ornamenting the horizon like a crown with the seven coloured [...]

February 6 2012 | Posted in Headlines | Read More »

Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit Hari was a blithe spirit. He lived with his grandama and parents in a nondescript mud-house situated by a small pond, lined with coconut and betel-nut trees. This village in Birbhum, far from the madding crowd provided the perfect picture of happiness and tranquility that Hari relished from his heart and would not [...]

February 6 2012 | Posted in Headlines | Read More »

Being Tired

Being Tired

Being tired I write it. Being betrayed I write it. Being depressed I write it. Being lonely and separate I write it. Being frustrated I write it. You see, What I want to tell, is a septic substitution image of my life. But my heart doesn’t allow me to mourn for it. It says, “You [...]

February 4 2012 | Posted in Headlines | Read More »

THE SINS OF MY BROTHER

THE SINS OF MY BROTHER

“We are Creatures of our own inventions.  Possibly, we are inventions of our past, and of our times possibly even of some mad dream in the mind of fate, But in the end, we are our own Inventions. That is our tragedy and our hardest fate” -Julia Cleaver smith from the novel: MORNING GLORY “Not [...]

February 2 2012 | Posted in Headlines, Nigerian Stories | Read More »

Abstract: Root Three

Abstract: Root Three

There is, often, more to stories than what is told, hidden in plain sight, and to unravel that, to look beyond obvious, sometimes, all it takes to decipher, is a key, a code or maybe just a number!!! 1/3 I crash down on a corner chair and start swallowing coke, watching us being joined by [...]

February 2 2012 | Posted in Headlines | Read More »

I did write your name

I did write your name

Today, Upon My right palm I did write your name Not with ink In awesome colors Neither blood Unsparingly But, with Each tear. Each drop, Slowly wiped away, Stained my flesh Your name only It did smear Yes, oh lover of my soul Today, Upon my right palm, I did write your name With my [...]

February 2 2012 | Posted in Headlines | Read More »

The last rose

The last rose

Once upon a time, there lived a very sweet, pretty girl. Each day she would sit by her vase of roses and watch them. She paid attention to every little detail that changed. She noticed every petal begin to fade and droop, but one. She noticed the roses starting to die, but one. Each day [...]

February 1 2012 | Posted in American Stories, Folktales, Headlines, Love Stories | Read More »

The Love Of My Life Leana

The Love Of My Life Leana

My earth, My sky, My stars, My sun, My moon. My heart, My soul, My spirit, My Body and My mind. My happiness, My joy, My ecstasy, My delight. My dream, My fantasy, My hope, My destiny. You Have walked into my life and touched my heart, You have charmed my soul and llifted my [...]

February 1 2012 | Posted in Headlines | Read More »

Be A Poet……

Be A Poet……

Imagination, thought, embodiment and at last praiseworthy comments. I know these all need a poet. You see, a commendable guerdon is flowing from the past for them. Now, I am looking at  everyone’s tradition. Yes, all are genius. I see, some were  furious, and always took part to sacrifice themselves. Some were serious, and used [...]

January 30 2012 | Posted in Headlines | Read More »

Puppy Love?

Puppy Love?

It’s funny to think about how people would define the word ‘love’ in their own ways. Some said “love is blind”, some defined it as an affection towards something or someone, yada yada. For me, I can say that I can’t define love with words. It takes time to know what it is exactly, and [...]

January 29 2012 | Posted in Headlines | Read More »