This is an epic poem of courage, magic and humor, containing 18 books and 24,000 verses divided into 500 songs, Ramayana Each chapter, sarga, will be given briefly in English prose at its start and each verse will be rendered into Anglo-Sanskrit transliteration using ITRANS transliteration scheme Each verse will be followed by the Word by Word meaning followed by its gist and explained based on theism, culture, literature as appropriate. If the Mahabharata seems to be about normal flawed hum

By: afzal shauq
YOU ARE A POET OF REALITY AFZAL !!
My critiques on few of your poems Afzal !…… “Tamara”
“A Symbol Of Pride”… a new thought about pride you brought in this beautiful poem…the pride of that tower who refuse to fall and if one day the days will conquer his way in standing still watching [...]

Upon reading his poems I have also learned there is romance even in disappointment. Whether reflecting on poverty, war, injustice of one’s circumstances or the stark inconceivableness of inhumanity Afzal Shauq lends his words and offers up his own poet’s heart to the reader to be accepted or dismissed in the matter… Melissa Lundeen

As summer winds down, let’s explore a two-part article series about songs with ‘Summer’ or ‘Summertime’ in the title:
Let’s start with the quintessential summer song by the Lovin’ Spoonful, the 1966 #1 hit called “Summer In The City.” The cut was originally a poem that was written by Lovin’ Spoonful’s…

Award winning work of literature for children, a poetic book by Karen Hesse, this book is wonderful and a treasure. From the review: I would like to tell you about my desire to review a book that has been reviewed time and again, most likely. I am sure it will be reviewed by others as many people have noted it. This is a little about the small hardback: Here on the pages of the poetic "Out of the Dust: A Novel" are found the words to savor about our willing struggle to live within travails.





