The July Uprising of 2024 was sparked by the reinstatement of a controversial job quota system, leading to widespread protests against the brutal regime of Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League. The government's violent crackdown, known as the July Massacre, resulted in over 1,000 deaths and 20,000 injuries. This genocide shocked the
A life has been lost to the flames of waiting,
With no second chance in sight.
Why then, this endless hope for a return?
There is no door to open,
Yet I keep reaching for eternal life in the darkness.
When will the ancient path, shaped over thousands of years, offer me a place to rest?
The gentle spring and the fierce
Open your heart’s home to others
The world’s possessions are not worth more.
Mustafa Özke, renowned poet, journalist and writer from Turkey, shares his poetry
Mustafa Özke was born on January 13, 1969, in Adana, Turkey, to a family with roots in Thessaloniki. The rich history and cultural heritage imbued his
In a drop of life that flows,
A genesis of existence is written,
And ethereal consciousness rests
On the nascent, quantum moon.
Leo Acosta (Pen name Julio García), a writer and poet from Nicaragua, a Central American nation, shares his poems.
Leo Acosta (pen name Julio García) is a writer and poet born in
When the angel of death came
I offered him my body
He was surprised
Where is your soul?
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, a renowned poet and writer from Chandigarh, India, shares his mystic poetry
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, based in Chandigarh, is an Indian poet and scholar credited with 170 plus books of English literature,
