by Aarthi Karanam | Feb 21, 2025 | short stories, Stories
I perceived my existence in this world when my eyes opened to a bunch of several of my siblings tickling each other and my ears getting torn by robust cries of a healthy newborn girl. Sustained by milk and healthy oil massages, we grew long and thick. It took me a few...
by Aarthi Karanam | Dec 27, 2024 | Poetry
Hour Twenty Two Jun 16 My body feels dead, like it should But it isn’t completely I am hanging between life and death Balanced delicately on the gossamer thread of hope and despair Which side will it tip? It has been 2, 3 or maybe 4 hours...
by Aarthi Karanam | Nov 21, 2024 | Poetry
m a girl; her house is the clouds, her dreams, her roof I am part devil, part angel; honest and kind Child of a wiseman father and angel mother In me is fused her large heart, his timeless wisdom But, in between lies my own wild dark side; boom boom! The girl’s now...
by Aarthi Karanam | Nov 21, 2024 | Stories
“It’s not rocket science,” said the voice that suddenly turned squeaky like a mouse maybe because of nervousness. Nervous you would be too if you were a new kid and a thousand pair of eyes were watching you, no? ……… Read more at this link…...
by Aarthi Karanam | Nov 21, 2024 | Poetry
I often wonder/ why did we fall in love / when we have nothing in common? I love the mountains and you the sea; / vegetables disgust me/ while you can literally thrive on them/ I am three and twenty / but I have the temperament of a toddler / while you share my age...
