I write to figure out what is left
I think of you as my gateway to freedom pity you look at me as just one more to trap You are joy, bliss and everything that I ever miss I think of you as my gateway to freedom One who would lead me out of the dark One who would hold me ever I … Continue reading neelwrites/ilookatyou/poem/triolet/love16/10/2018
For Three Line Tales, Week 141 https://only100words.xyz/category/three-line-tales/ UNMASKED By Neel Anil Panicker “Sometimes we need to wear masks to unmask others’ masks”, declared Rajat as he bent over and looked deep into Radha’s eyes. A trifle nonplussed Radha waited for the voices around their corner cafe table to subside before replying, “So, am I to infer … Continue reading
You ask me why I support the have-nots I tell you ‘coz the world is so full of the haves You who make light of their plight You ask me why I support the have-nots ‘Coz people like you go ahead and slight ‘Coz people like you throw around your might You ask me why … Continue reading neelwrites/poe/triolet/havenots/09/10/2018
LOVE’S SWEET MUSIC By Neel Anil Panicker “It’s lovely, isn’t it?” Albert turned around. His eyes were twinkling brighter than the brightest star. ‘Mesmerizing and tantalizing are the words for me, darling!’ A little taken aback by the response, Violet prodded further, “But I thought you hated music, Al?” ‘Hated? Well, that’s too strong … Continue reading neelwrites/love’ssweetmusic/FOWC/ThreeThingsChallenge/flash/fiction/301words/04/09/2018
JUST MEMORIES By Neel Anil Panicker ‘Happy Birthday Charles’ she whispered, the words__an echo that reverberated all over the misty hill-top. She stood there like that__unmoving, her eyes closed, soft hands folded in prayer, the lips uttering a silent invocation to the Almighty. And thereafter she sat on down, placing the vase by the side, … Continue reading neelwrites/justmemories/ThursdayPhotoPrompt/ThreeThingsChallenge/shortstory/fiction/flash/31/08/2018
A NAME BY ANY OTHER NAME (Genre:Realistic Fiction) By Neel Anil Panicker She’s the antithesis of a politician. Well read, articulate, with an accent to boot. Quiet__it’s the modifier that best describes her. That ways Atishi, her first name, is a total mismatch. My pigdin reservoir of Hindi (or is that Urdu?) tells me … Continue reading neelwrites/anamebyanyothername/FRidayFictioneers/realisticfiction/shortstory/india/politics/29/08/2018
A ‘CLICKS FOR KERALA’ INITIATIVE KERALA DIARIES #02 (realistic fiction) ‘GOD’S DISOWNED COUNTRY’ By Neel Anil Panicker “God’s own country? That’s the tagline, right?” Paulose slurps tea from his half broken stain smeared glass, then turning to the man seated beside him, nods his head. ‘God dammed country’s more appropriate’. The question’s rhetorical; does not … Continue reading neelwrites/God’sdosownedcountry/Keraladiaries/sundayphotofiction/ThreeThingsChallenge/flashfiction/realisticfiction/200words/26/08/2018
IT’S A DATE PHOTO PROMPT © Carla Bicomong By Neel Anil Panicker Joshua, the 91-year-old patriarch of the Mathai family is an angry man. Patriarch and Mathai family__both are misnomers. Blame it on Nature’s fury. In just one night, the waters have swallowed his entire clan of 27. Three sons, their wives, their children, the … Continue reading neelwrites/apocalypse/fridayfictioneers/kerala/tragedy/shortstory/realisticfiction/100words/22/08/2018
Sunday Photo Fiction – August 19, 2018 https://sundayphotofictioner.wordpress.com/2018/08/18/sunday-photo-fiction-august-19-2018/ WARDING OFF EVIL By Neel Anil Panicker Joby was a paradox. For us, meaning Sunny and I, he was the raison d’ etre of our happy existences__the lucky charm of our teenaged lives. For all others, he was the odd one out__the one who shall not be ever … Continue reading neelwrites/wardingoffevil/sundayphotofictioner/20/08/2018
FOWC with Fandango — Sensual FANTASY MEETS ECSTASY By Neel Anil Panicker For hours after he left, she just stay there__on her bed, stilled by love, her body in limbo, absolutely unmoving, the eyes shut, the mind, still locked in deep embrace. She felt his strong masculine arms wrapped around her body–the hands, still so warm … Continue reading neelwrites/fantasymeetsecstasy/FOWC/onewordchallenge/sensual/storystarter/fiction/19/08/2018
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