The World Stage’s Masquerade Ball of Play and Games
Wait lonely for this deceptive game to be over.
But the game goes on, players keep playing.
Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein is an aesthete from Dhaka, Bangladesh & MA holder in British&American Literature.Now a Free-lance writer. She writes weekly column for Different Truths Publications, India featuring humanitarian to diverse issues. She has contributed to other news portals. Her poems appeared in literary magazines. She has contributed to five Anthologies so far. She loves travelling and participates in recitals She seeks beauty from the blade of grass to twinkling stars. Aestheticism and humanism are the essence of her existence.She is the International Fellow 2020 of International Human Rights Arts Festival. She is the Bangla translator of Point Edition,an initiative of ITHACA foundation. She can be reached at tts.hussein@gmail.com
Prometheus and Phoenix
I am my strength.
I die again and again.
Only to be reborn and rejuvenate.
A Bowl of Tom Yum Soup
Inam can't take Anna's anger any longer. Inam tells her to think with a cool head. Inam tells Anna that Nivi bewitched Shirley with her fake smiles and sweet words. Anna agrees. Nivi is indeed her mother's daughter. Nivi is manipulative, shrewd, exploitive, cunning and deceptive just like her mother.
Our Celestial Love
You are the one who reigns,
In my soul, heart, and mind.
My mind is occupied in your thoughts.
Our eyes speak to each other, silently.
This is our Celestial Love.
When Love Has Ended
When Love Has Ended When you feel that you feel nothing, When you feel nothing when he loves the other one. When you feel numb at his pain When his joy doesn’t transpire into you, You know then. When you…