Keep walking
Hemanta Acharya Sydney, Australia My version of meh The days I wake up early, happy and enthusiastic to the days I wake up late, unhappiest and feeling ugly It’s my […]
Category: English
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Welkin Siskin’s Poetry Series -14
Welkin Siskin Washington, America 1. All parts of the body Fall in drops into the drizzle of life To evermore understand life and embody The civilized side that befalls after […]
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Welkin Siskin’s Poetry Series -13
Welkin Siskin Washington, America 1. In The Fading Twilight From where have you come, In this fading twilight, dwindling light and transient dusk, With fragments of joy, ether, and love […]
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12th Anniversary Special Issue
Bhutaneseliterature.com would like to express its sincere gratitude to all contributing writers, well-wishers, and readers for their candid and constant company. Incredibly, it’s already been twelve years since we began traversing […]
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Legacy of Luminaries as Guide
Welkin Siskin Washington, America Gain an understanding of the luminaries, Their lives as heroes, as social leaders and their dutifulness, To create what is called peace and bliss, To grip […]
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Welkin Siskin’s Poetry Series – 12
Welkin Siskin Washington, America 1 All parts of the body Fall in drops into the drizzle of life To evermore understand life and embody The civilized side that befalls after […]
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Happy Valentines
Welkin Siskin Washington, America 1. Be suspicious of love not For love is above all beauty’s hope And be irresolute in love not To take you to the hillock and […]
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The Gift of Beauty
Samantha Hawi The gift of beauty seems more like a curse Something more than new shoes, or a brand new purse It shines from within, like a blinding light […]
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Poems of Welkin Siskin: Series 11
Welkin Siskin Washington, America 1) Put thy pen in a trance and feel Such is her beauty he craves always, Thy heart, thy pulse with her magic evermore heal, And […]
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The Next Place
Samantha Hawi Canada The part of me I would leave behind, Are all the bad things in my mind. I would leave the impatience that I hold inside, And all the times […]
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Impatient is the heart
Welkin Siskin Washington, America Impatient is the heart And intent on proving it right the subconscious, To never feel to shun, give in or depart Pretending to having been self-conscious. […]
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What is meant to be
Samantha Hawi-Canada What is meant to be, will one day be. What is meant to be seen, you will one day see. So let nature take its course, let things […]
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Seeker
During my evening meditation, I uncover clues Vision #1 is a two legged dog wearing a collar and running shoes. The owl that hangs upside down is the only perfect […]
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Poems of Welkin Siskin: Series 10
Welkin Siskin Washington, America A) I never got enough of it From the deeds and the music that life beats, But I got the gist and essence of it To […]
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Molding
Grace Chhetri With sun tinted hands she would take the sweat from inside of me Wrapping them in a shawl around herself The noise from the world would blend into […]
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Hunter
Yati Raj Ajnabee Adelaide, Australia The hunters do not get to the summit They love being hidden in the bushes Till the cows come home Scaling the high mountains means […]
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Fear of Pandemic Pregnancy
Kumari Pokhrel Regmi Syracuse, USA The fear and uncertainty of the Coronavirus pandemic are all around us. As a front-line healthcare worker, my fear, stress, and anxiety have been heightened. […]
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Down to earth
Grace Chhetri An imprint of our bodies in the greenness of the land Inhaling pieces of the sun The warmth filling us up, tracing our bellies Until it overflowed from […]
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The waiting room of life
Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak I am stuck in the waiting room of life And I still hear only these words: “tomorrow, just wait a little bit more, I am very sorry” […]
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Wings Clipped
Chris Bodor Florida, USA During the Summer of 1985 the beach began to beckon but instead I got my wings clipped. In one hand I held a high school diploma […]
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The Oldest Language
Govinda Rizal Language is the expression and exchange of thoughts. That definition fits the language of communication invented and used by human beings. However, the oldest language disentangles more functions. […]
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I am Whispered from Your Dream
Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak United Kingdom I got lost with you my beloved like a water nymph in a forest glade dancing with an elf, barefoot on the grass listening to […]
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For a Cap of Cold Drinks
Govinda Rizal My story begins with a bottle of soft drink open in front of a university retail shop. Soft drink melts me every time the Sun hits me with […]
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Questions of Identity Among Resettled Bhutanese
Editorial Identity is often the subject of discussion and debate among the Bhutanese across the globe. Part of this debate and controversy is rooted in their contemplation of identity as […]
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Dying leaves
Shiva Dahal Kentucky, America If beauty comes from the divine thought, this fall is a grace If profundities come from sublime heart, this fall is a purest harvest Who would […]
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The Nobel Peace Prize, WFP and the Bhutanese Refugees
Background At approximately 11 am in Central Europe, a lady in a black suit stands outside the door of the conference hall in the Nobel Institute’s iconic building, located in […]
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Descend
Chris Bodor Florida, USA December descends while November disappears into the horizon Weather worn scarecrows know about the migration of snowbirds. The hands of the clocks tumble down the dark […]
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Migration and Writing
Editorial Migration has always played a significant role in carving the literary paths. May it be the ethos of developments encountered by the world in the post-colonial, post-industrial era, or […]
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Our Contributing Poet Honored
On the occasion of India’s 74th Independence Day, Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak, a UK-based poet and one of our regular contributors, was honored with an award by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi in […]
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Bhutanese Poet Honored
On the occasion of India’s 74th Independence Day, a 33-year-old Bhutanese poet, Shiva Kumari Bista, was honored with an award by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi in collaboration with Motivational Strips, a […]