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Metaphors of life
By Nandini Sengupta
Poet and Writer
'Writing is the painting of the voice' - Voltaire
I write to inspire, think and dream. My works are a reflection of my way of perceiving the world in its varied nuances.
India
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Nandini Sengupta
Jan 311 min read
Wait by the seaside
By the seaside I was there, waiting for you lost in the turbid water of the animated sea as it made its way through those triangular...
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Nandini Sengupta
Feb 11, 20242 min read
It's Me
Laura was doing her laundry. It was a Sunday afternoon and she was finishing up all her pending work from the week before. She worked as...
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Nandini Sengupta
Sep 2, 20231 min read
In a life hereafter
I will meet you in a life hereafter in a different land away from this chaos where all barriers will cease to exist where all your lies...
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Nandini Sengupta
Aug 3, 20231 min read
The night sky tales
Of kings and dragon tales, Of mysteries and fables in place, Of lobsters and fishmonger, The night sky deals in all. Have you ever gazed...
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Nandini Sengupta
Jun 24, 20231 min read
For Him, with Love
'Sweetheart' A name you would often call me by... Today I celebrate our love. In the aroma of flowers, you gifted me that day, I still...
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Nandini Sengupta
Jun 10, 20231 min read
A letter for Him
An excerpt from a letter written for her love with love: The moment you smeared me with your colors of love, I was no more me. As your...
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Nandini Sengupta
Jun 5, 20233 min read
The gypsy and the tree
The human forms were not visible clearly as the sandstorm blew its part over the rolling desert land. It was a tiny village set in the...
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Nandini Sengupta
Apr 12, 20232 min read
Diary Entry 6
Just 'D' Today 'dear' feels out of space. No reasoning whatsoever. Certain aspects of life always remain inexplicable. Trying to write...
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Nandini Sengupta
Jul 5, 20221 min read
For hundred years
I will not sleep for hundred years for the raging soul aspires to be poetry of your endless nights a dreamer of your dreams. I will not...
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Nandini Sengupta
Jun 30, 20222 min read
Diary Entry 5
Dear D, For a long time, I couldn't open your pages, lest I fill them with unpleasant memories. I want your pages to be filled with hope...
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Nandini Sengupta
Feb 22, 20223 min read
Diary Entry-4
My loving D, You are the repertoire of all my thoughts and delicately captured moments of my ever-growing life. As I sit down to write,...
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Nandini Sengupta
Nov 25, 20212 min read
Writer's block
It's an oft-used term by poets and writers alike when they are in a dearth of ideas and creative impulses. I often find this in journals...
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Nandini Sengupta
Sep 4, 20212 min read
My friend
"Standing in front of the glass door at mid-noon When the sun reaches the center, I see my reflection And I stare back at my shadow." "A...
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