Euphoria

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  • People of the past

    April 17, 2025, 3:12 PM IST

    We both were struck by the same stove. We both were struck when cooking for survival. You burnt your hand by the food made And I created the food that burnt you. In both ways,…

    April 17, 2025, 3:12 PM IST

  • ‘It’s a kind of joke that starts with huh?’

    April 17, 2025, 3:11 PM IST

    Analysis: The poem opens with irony, suggesting that massive destruction often begins in a way that feels absurd or incomprehensible. The casual “huh?” juxtaposes the gravity of the bomb, highlighting humanity’s naivety or inability to…

    April 17, 2025, 3:11 PM IST

  • DNA of something dying

    April 17, 2025, 3:09 PM IST

    It’s a kind of joke that starts with huh? It’s the bomb saying: watch insignificance Detonation: Now watch insignificance grow in your lungs See the Earth choosing peace over chaos. Peace that blossoms into a…

    April 17, 2025, 3:09 PM IST

  • An unfinished epistle to nothing

    April 17, 2025, 3:07 PM IST

    If there is a God, let it be in the crocodile The crocodile that repurposes on the river bed And refurbishes in the river See the crocodile devour existence And now the only thing that…

    April 17, 2025, 3:07 PM IST

  • An unfinished epistle to something

    April 7, 2025, 6:33 PM IST

    If there is a God: why shouldn’t he embody the rat? The rat that repurposes on your living room floor And refurbishes your room with beautiful decor See the rat wheel existence And now the…

    April 7, 2025, 6:33 PM IST

  • In day you love, at night you war

    April 7, 2025, 6:30 PM IST

    In the daylight Oh Mother, you are love and you are light But at night you transform into a medieval knight Armoured with slippers, broom in your hand Ready to conquer your rightful household land…

    April 7, 2025, 6:30 PM IST

  • A tale of two Indias

    April 7, 2025, 6:13 PM IST

    As you take your bag from the baggage claim at the airport You see a big broken sign that reads Welcome to India Now this sign isn’t broken by the number of pigeons it hosts…

    April 7, 2025, 6:13 PM IST

  • Espoir

    April 7, 2025, 6:11 PM IST

    It’s summer of ‘86 I have the scene frozen in my mind It somehow gives me some cool To know I am well beyond the testaments of today These farms you pride yourself on, can’t…

    April 7, 2025, 6:11 PM IST

  • Through a broken bottle

    March 31, 2025, 12:38 PM IST

    I watched the lunar eclipse through a piece of broken bottle I found a rich blue kite amidst some faded cranberry fields I strung some cotton from some discoloured golden wheat strands I wished upon…

    March 31, 2025, 12:38 PM IST

  • Grave

    March 31, 2025, 12:29 PM IST

    The crows have landed on someone’s grave With a rope and a black knapsack in their beak I think they have arrived to kidnap a spirit Its chances were looking pretty bleak   However I…

    March 31, 2025, 12:29 PM IST

  • My vine and fig tree

    March 29, 2025, 1:47 PM IST

    I wanna sit under my vine and fig tree Oblivious to the winds that pass by me I wanna play with the branches above with glee With the tree to my wishes, that always agree…

    March 29, 2025, 1:47 PM IST

  • My grandfather’s words

    March 29, 2025, 12:45 PM IST

    My grandpa once told me Don’t think what others think Always feel free   Jealousy, anger and hate Do not let it be your mate   Mold yourself in the way you like And not…

    March 29, 2025, 12:45 PM IST

  • In the old age

    March 25, 2025, 3:57 PM IST

    I wonder what used to happen When the dinosaurs used to roam And the weather pleasant and cool With the soil full of loam   Did paper replace the slates Did choppers replace the Pterosaurs…

    March 25, 2025, 3:57 PM IST

  • Just one last time

    March 25, 2025, 3:56 PM IST

    A marigold was standing lone on a hill Scraped of life, garbage thrown to still   Its petals they stepped turning grey in dim sky Its green thin stem was bursting to cry   Big…

    March 25, 2025, 3:56 PM IST

  • Ratty polly people composition

    March 12, 2025, 7:30 PM IST

    There was once a lady of Tyrat Who was so excessively fat That one day when she tried to pick a toad Her tummy bulged and for miles it did explode!   There lived a…

    March 12, 2025, 7:30 PM IST

  • I have a dream

    March 12, 2025, 7:28 PM IST

    My name is Devansh Gupta. I am 13 years old, studying in The Doon School, Dehradun. I am a lot into writing poems. I am also a very avid reader and a very active part…

    March 12, 2025, 7:28 PM IST

  • The rich get richer, what about the poor?

    March 12, 2025, 7:27 PM IST

    The town they boom, big and fast The one who stops, survives the last And as shards of hope get thrashed into moors They rich get richer, what about the poor?   The kinds so…

    March 12, 2025, 7:27 PM IST

  • Tales of the hills, tales of the valley

    March 12, 2025, 7:25 PM IST

    They lie like giants snoring on the shore Grand and elegant, so many memories they store That time can’t remember, so they tell the tales Of the once upon a world that didn’t look so…

    March 12, 2025, 7:25 PM IST

  • Let me be me

    March 9, 2025, 6:14 PM IST

    I am DEVANSH GUPTA, listen to my cry I am the one, who dreams to fly What I am, is what I will be forever Let me be me, whenever, wherever! Let me twist, let…

    March 9, 2025, 6:14 PM IST

  • Gratitude Nuna ji

    March 9, 2025, 5:39 PM IST

    Oh Nuna, my love for you is infinite Like a river that fills the sea My gratitude for you is endless Extending, like the roots of a tree   I am deeply honored For from…

    March 9, 2025, 5:39 PM IST

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