What the News Misses by Himanshu Ranjan

[tabby title="Poem"] The news arrives like thunder.Red banners. Sharp music.Voices polished, urgent.Borders burn. Numbers fall.A man speaks as if the world fitsinside a sentence. Power likes height.Glass rooms. Closed doors.Words heavy as iron. Then the screen goes dark. Outside,morning clears...

The Dark Womb of Rainbow by Himanshu Ranjan

[tabby title="Poem"] I drift inside you, Mother,small as a seed of light,dreaming of a rainbowin your dark, warm womb. The singularity of my imaginationsees you tearing space and timenot with violence but with thunderous love,crackling like hidden lightningbehind closed eyes....

Meandering Threads of Expansion by Himanshu Ranjan

[tabby title="Poem"] There is melody within me, there are songs…Yet, why do I sit in silence? I don’t want to live just to eat…But I realize that food itself is an art—the crackle of roasting seeds, the sizzle of oil,the...

I Miss The Geosmin Mixed Air by Himanshu Ranjan

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] bronze brown sounds kick my soulwhen I pick the present moment and give ita flying kiss. it drifts away to understand the pain ofthe barking dog. I sit motionless as iftime has frozen. crystals of crayons round...

The Moratorium by Himanshu Ranjan

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I am a woodpecker -my bleeding blacksmithcontinues to chisel outthe hard metamorphicinvisible crust.the light haunts,the tea needs warmth andlacks a stir.my skull feels theoutside pressure.I try to rinse out the mind,longing for the juicy coprawhose taste remains...