Poetry

Legacy

A Tale

Siddhicharan Shrestha If you were still alive,I would ask,“Would you…?”No, I would not ask anything.I would come and playwith your toddling daughter daily,love her,and be...

Legacy

The Expanse of Self

Siddhicharan Shrestha O countries and towns that I haven’t been to yet,I salute you!Don’t say, I didn’t come to see you.I have seen alland I...

Legacy

Self-Introduction

Siddhicharan Shrestha A Nepalese I am,Clever in climbingArduous mountain heights.Though hostile to meThey may be,I am kind to the poor. Prepared I amTo suck the coreThe...

Poetry

Three Strokes

Sushant Thapa River and Sorrows Have you ever thoughtIf the river stops flowingHow you will wash your sorrows?Till now, Inebriation has been costly for youSee; the...

Poetry

The Singer of the People

Puspa Munankarmi When dark, he came to my houseI fed him the supper meant for meThat night, I was in empty stomachI left my bed...

Poetry

Flowery Homes

Badal Chamling A flowery home is the sweetestWith Gnaphalium, BougainvilleaOr, say, with Cape jasmine!It endows with no breatheHoweverIt grounds, incubating life and living things.Such a...

Poetry

What a Damned Life this Is!

Haribhakta Katuwal What a damn life this is!Spent within, yet living withoutSucked by the terror of atoms,And tormented by the ghost of troublesWhat a damn...

Poetry

The Sarangi

Mohan Koirala Gaine Sainla is feeling cold deep insideHe didn’t get a chance to play on his SarangiSo his hands are benumbed. Without men around to...

Poetry

Haunting Vision

Yubraj Khadka Oh Lady! What a phantomWhat a gesture! I feel I see.Everyday as you walk and comeWith purity and virginity of thee.Does it exist,...

Poetry

Value Education

Dhiraj Kshetri My wifeonce in a meditative moodasked me:‘What have we done for all these years, Dhiraj?Our cohorts are multi-millionaire.’I had no word to respond...

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