Poetry

Cut the extras

Make it simple

Readers want eyes to read

But poems have no such need

Words can speak

And hear their own sound

Let the mouth and ears be bound

A poem doesn’t need to move

Why should it have hooves?

Hands can go too

There is nothing that the poem has to do

Yes, keep it simple

A blind, deaf, mute, quadriplegic poem

Pic courtesy: jill111 @ Pixabay

More poems in New Year 2016 Literature Special

Oh Calcutta! – By Sufia Khatoon

Horizons – By Ipsita Ganguli

Kadambari – By Dr Ampat Koshy

To Chiyo – By Joanna Sarah Koshy

Silverfish – By Dr Amit Shankar Saha

The Screen – By Daipayan Nair

Unearthing Life – By Anand Sehgal

Reminiscences – By Mallika Bhaumik

Talk of Shades – By Ananya Chatterjee

Musings in New Year 2016 Literature Special

I Want You to Have a Good Time – By Santosh Bakaya

Short Stories in New Year 2016 Literature Special

Noelle – By Ronald Tuhin D’Rozario

The Price of the Fumes: A Short Story – By Fatima Afshan