Showing posts with label Aditi Singh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aditi Singh. Show all posts

Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Poetry 2014 Longlist, Aditi Singh

Timothy, the Marvellous

Timothy took the earliest train to Guam. 
He bade a curt farewell to his tearful mom.
The journey was stiflingly hot and long. 
He was weirdly happy so he sang a cheerful song.
Scenic beauty and eccentric food awaited him. 
With so much walking to do, who needs a gym?
His purpose for visiting lived on a steep incline. 
Tim worried he was late but he reached just in time.
The woman who opened the door 
-looked nothing like his bride. 

But this was the same girl 
-who stole his fortune and slaughtered his pride.
Two quick bullets in her heart 
-and one for her boyfriend’s brain. 
Tim barely made it in time for the night’s last train.

If you cared to look closely, 
you could see his sparkly smile 
through the cascading rain.

Saturday, 1 February 2014

Flash Fiction 2014 Shortlist, Aditi Singh

Stones

Koti skidded across the slippery Worli Sea Face to reach her favourite spot by the rocky sea. The only thing that bought her unbridled happiness was pebbles: perfect, round, shiny stones. If she saw one, she had one more for her ever growing collection. The sea face was churning up quite a few of her geological treasures this monsoon. After casting a weary eye around, she leaned over the cement bund and to her astonishment saw an entire bed of perfect stones. She felt giddy with excitement. Gingerly she picked up most of the small pebbles which had landed on the bigger rocks, all but one enormous stone. As she leapt over the wall, she slipped on a perfect round stone. They never recovered her body. Maybe, she’s resting deep within the ocean, surrounded by a bed of round pebbles