Pensive & Peppered

36 Stories Found
Tribulations…

I try my best to stay calm. But anger gives in so often I battle to be brave, Yet I fear so often. I tell…

My Moon

That round plate of silver  Shining bright up in its home Shades of cloud as decor strings A melody of chaos like a painting, she…

Storm in a Bottle

It took all of thirty seconds for the three tiny dots to swim into the bag, lined by hazy cloud-like mist. She could see them…

Sands of Time

Away from the humdrum, you pause a breath And bring your pains and your distress And channel them through your will Into the sands of…

Chachu

The storm last night was at its worst. Kalboishakhi has been shifting ahead a few years now around their small village of Paramanandapur in Faridpur, Bangladesh. Early April would…

Enchanted

As I peeked through a tear in the backstage heavy curtains, the ocean of darkness ahead engulfed me in a hug of quiet expectation. The…

A Divine Symphony…

This was the unmistakable smell of Saratkal.  Lying on his hospital bed, eyes closed, Tutul could almost smell the Agomoni of Ma Durga in the air. The familiar…

The Conch Shell

There’s sand in my hair And sun in my eyes, To reflect that sparkle Which I thought, had long died.   Wandering alone on the…

Ma’am & our School Corridors

We are blue, we are white We are Ashok Hall, Dynamite Holding Ma’s hand tight, I took that first step inside the school building that…

Brahma Kamal

The flower that blooms away from the light and glare of daylight and audience, in the silence of the night and in the absolute calm…