Where they all disappear
28 November 2025, 10:00 AM
Rising Stars
The mirror between us
25 September 2025, 09:49 AM
Rising Stars
Reader Submission / It’s all in my head
31 July 2025, 04:00 AM
Rising Stars
Reader Submission / Maybe a mirage
26 June 2025, 10:25 AM
Rising Stars
How to: live
26 June 2025, 10:19 AM
Rising Stars
Heart, cling to me
26 June 2025, 10:13 AM
Rising Stars
Fiction / Once, spring stayed longer
29 May 2025, 12:57 PM
Rising Stars
Fiction / When they look away
25 April 2025, 11:00 AM
Rising Stars
Hair
6 April 2025, 09:52 AM
Rising Stars
Tangerines and marmalades
28 February 2025, 15:00 PM
Rising Stars
Where they all disappear
All he hears is the weight of his right-hand trembling as the frantic sound of beak against wooden board grows louder and louder.
28 November 2025, 10:00 AM
The mirror between us
And for the Oldest, the mirror wounds as well.
25 September 2025, 09:49 AM
It’s all in my head
In the silence, her mind ruminated on every little detail.
31 July 2025, 04:00 AM
Maybe a mirage
Something you may... You may never find again.
26 June 2025, 10:25 AM
How to: live
My love always arrived wrapped in silence, wrapped in dust. But that was childhood.
26 June 2025, 10:19 AM
Heart, cling to me
We will make meaning out of the holes in the sun
26 June 2025, 10:13 AM
Once, spring stayed longer
He brought the jasmine to his nose, inhaled its narcotic sweetness, and wondered if maybe, just maybe, it was true.
29 May 2025, 12:57 PM
12A
Rank badges, small bags, books, diaries, notebooks, files… That’s when it caught Razeen’s eye: a weathered, dusty old envelope bearing a faint, unrecognisable logo.
30 January 2025, 10:25 AM
Bulb of a Wonton Shop
It is enough—
Enough to be here,
Beneath the bulb of a wonton shop.
26 December 2024, 10:38 AM
Out of Body
I know of my feeble frame
of its graying at the edges.
26 December 2024, 10:33 AM
Migratory Animals
migratory animal
Are you looking for a home?
26 December 2024, 10:26 AM
States
"That’s why I have jars of jealousy, anger, sadness, monotony, but this – it’s important."
29 November 2024, 11:00 AM
Love poem for the reflection in the mirror
I will not even begin with the skies
29 November 2024, 08:00 AM
Serendipity
Wake me up every morning as dawn becomes a new day.
31 October 2024, 10:18 AM
15 long years and a Bangladesh that stays united
After 15 long years, long years of no freedom, long years of being buried,
3 October 2024, 09:02 AM
My love is lost, and I don’t want it anymore
Every time I enter it, this building carves out a tiny piece of my heart, leaving behind the sharp tang of hospital bleach and lemon-scented air freshener in its place.
26 September 2024, 00:00 AM
The final message
Ameera was the apple of her grandfather’s eyes. Due to having working parents, she lived with her grandparents most of the time.
2 September 2024, 08:43 AM
I heard they are changing the dictionary
I heard they are changing the dictionary.
24 August 2024, 17:46 PM
When the streetlights flicker, think of revolution
When the streetlights flicker, think of every doe-eyed child that the city swallows
24 August 2024, 17:42 PM
Afloat, Untethered
From every direction strong torrents meet
Collide, counter, and begrudgingly recede.
29 June 2024, 00:00 AM