Poetry
English
• March 2, 2023
Metro-Where speeding life halts Pillar leaning on the staircase The pillar leaning on the staircaselifeless,Air’s lung a proliferating concoctionof tired breadths,Tiles fitted between grids carry storiesonly walls knowWalls of conduits, witness to human shadows diminished by nocturnal glare, Time 9:48pmThe last one moves in,The grid shakes,But earth doesn’t quake— Time to carry the dead. The apparition […]
Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar
Poetry
English
• March 2, 2023
In Planet where the Ocean evaporates Parched vocal cords sing In planet of sun and starsthe ocean evaporatesparched vocal chords singmediocre melodies tounfathomable tungstensalt flies collecting dust, seechildren of ‘morrow shiftsweight to a lesser god, handcuffed, whistling.only soap is replaced by body-washthe old chair rots by theabandoned marsh, legs slurped up by algaemosquitos spit blood smile at […]
Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar
