Welcome to Malta! Inspired by the vivid descriptions of Malta in the preface of my first travel book, Musafaton by Altaf Shaikh, my friends—Sunil Lohano, Jibran Baladi, Vickey Wadhwani—and I decided to visit this fascinating country. Malta is a place you could visit time and again. Jibran had even booked the flight tickets, but
Sea
The holy dawn was rising over the sea.
The sea is wondrous, ancient, eternal, wise…
The sea is the tears of brides,
The sea is the avengers, the terrible guardian.
The sea knows the answers, the sea hearts the questions,
In the sea the tears are salty, in the sea the legs are bare.
You listen to the
Our fresh table, prepared with sincerity
A lively story unfolds
It seems like a dinner where the water color will fade…
Ms. Han Ina, a poetess from Korea, the Land of Morning Calm, shares her poem
Poet Han Ina was born in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea. She graduated from Cheongju National University of
Unraveled stories,
Strand by strand,
Braiding their ribboned hair…
Mr. Oh Young-ho, a poet from Korea, the Land of Morning Calm, shares a poem
Oh Young-ho, a poet from Korea, the Land of Morning Calm, made his literary debut in 1986 through Sijo Literature. He has received the Korean Sijo Criticism Literature Award and the
The heavy steel door slammed shut with a chilling echo. In the heart of a remote tunnel, David and Aisha froze. The faint sound of dripping water punctuated the eerie silence, but the real horror crept in when David twisted the handle. It didn’t budge.
“We’re locked in,” he murmured, his voice tight with
