POETRY AND SHOUT-OUTS

Childhood Haze

Toys and memories

Photo by Frank Zhang on Unsplash

Unmindful, I step onto an old wooden toy,
a very old wooden toy from childhood,
I hear it crackle under my feet,
a crisp crackle,and a part of that toy disintegrates,
apologetically, I look down, sadness engulfing me,
the echo rattles down the entire house,
the mind meanders towards a childhood haze.

I had the privilege to read quite a couple of very beautiful pieces written by some amazing writers across Medium. Listing them below, and they are not in any particular order:

Sci-fi sonnet: Our Birth Cries Out From Somewhere(part VI) by William J Spirdione
Nature/Photography: Let’s Get This Party Started. Hummingbirds at My Fountain by Erika Burkhalter
Hindi and English Poetry: The Forgotten Colours by Priyanka Srivastava
Haiku: The Starry Radiant Flowers by Monika Sharma
Essay: Ezra Pound’s Complicated Legacy by Frank Moone
Poetry: Past the Physical Reflection of Emptied Wisdom by Joseph Lieungh
Poetry: A Dream In A Seed by Iva Hotko
Prose-poem: From Dust To Dust by Paroma Sen
Poetry: Puritan Life Still by Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar
Poetry: Misty by David Rudder
Essay: Living…