Expectations

lamentably! contemplationsthou ruined the worldYou appose multitudesThus far aloof… poles apartyou the justification to twinkleyou the justification to woeThou brings blitheThou carry of blissThou motivate to liveand here living cheerfullyeventually;making…

Meet You There

Meet you there, in those moments, when hours and minutes dissolve into the echoes of the vast chambers of the infinite. A kiss, an embrace, a joke, a smile, a…

An Enigma

In a vision I saw a PegasusAbove it was man of great Valor.It floated stealthy in a hyperbole.The countenance I saw vague although;Above it was man of great Valor.I know…

Excerpts of Mahmoud Darwish: The Legacy

Mahmoud Darwish, the name that has resurfaced in the minds of people since the ongoing Israel-Palestine situation, was a poet and a cultural icon who was born in 1941 in…

The Curse of Feeling Too Much

if you're an overthinker, you'll deeply relate to this poem. Feeling isn't bad, no, it is what makes you human. But what about the feelings which are born out of…

Nizar Qabbani and the Delicacy of Pain

“The finest souls are those who gulped pain and avoided making others taste it.” This quote by Nizar Qabbani struck something very deep inside – not just the immediate picture…

T. Liepke
14th Decrire L’Art Winning Poem

Painting by Malcolm T. Liepke Stranger than strangers perhaps our hearts know what they have become yet your mind likes to entangle, what I can't detangle Beloved, will another drink…

I am a Hypocrite

  In the last five years' I dreamt In the last five autumns ' I thought, I thought over the word "love" I dreamt about the truth, He guided me…

An Honest Hour: Recollecting the Struggling Times of The Order of Pen

  The Order of Pen (TOOP) is an organization that not only celebrates art and literature but works for their revival around the globe. As a platform, it acknowledges and…

Toopistan’s Art and Books Exhibition: Exploring the Realms of Creativity

Art depicts the culture and tradition of a society. For instance, many of the great civilizations, such as Romans, Indus valley, and Mughals are imprinted in one’s mind through their…