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    My Eternal Mate! by Indrani Chatterjee
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • Jun 30
    • 2 min

    My Eternal Mate! by Indrani Chatterjee

    Ma! The pulsation of your muses churns within When the snappy waft of gale carries the smell of jasmine. I can denote your shadow though...
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    Submission is Now Open for Volume 2, Issue 5! Part of Summer Reading Period.
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • May 8
    • 1 min

    Submission is Now Open for Volume 2, Issue 5! Part of Summer Reading Period.

    Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials. -Meryl Streep ‘MOTHER’, the most precious emotion, the...
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    Review of Myriad of Dreams by Nisha Tandon
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • Apr 8
    • 4 min

    Review of Myriad of Dreams by Nisha Tandon

    ‘Myriad Of Dreams’ by Nisha Tandon is a collection of seventy-five poems. Published by Notionpress in 2021, this is the third book coming...
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    Submit for our New Poetry Book Project 'Monochrome Verses'
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • Apr 6
    • 2 min

    Submit for our New Poetry Book Project 'Monochrome Verses'

    Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. Robert Frost True, isn’t it? Poetry is that sudden urge...
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    Two Poems by Lakshmi Venkatachalam
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • Jan 8
    • 2 min

    Two Poems by Lakshmi Venkatachalam

    Love Story of a Different Kind In the first flush of love, She is the moon to his earth, and he shines as hers, Satellites in constant...
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    Submissions Are Now Open for the Third Digital Issue
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • Aug 5, 2021
    • 2 min

    Submissions Are Now Open for the Third Digital Issue

    "There is something so special in the early leaves drifting from the trees–as if we are all to be allowed a chance to peel, to refresh,...
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    Tomorrow's Deep Blue by Margareth Stewart
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • Jul 28, 2021
    • 1 min

    Tomorrow's Deep Blue by Margareth Stewart

    The bluer bluest blue Here I come to reverence Here I come to embrace Here I come with no interference Between you and me There is the...
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    Review of ‘In Absentia’ a poetry book by Prof. Swati Pal
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • Jul 19, 2021
    • 5 min

    Review of ‘In Absentia’ a poetry book by Prof. Swati Pal

    A mother’s heart can ooze merely love even in absentia, the feeling of being present yet lost within the real world. Lost for the love of...
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    The White Cup! by Nandita De nee Chatterjee
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • May 28, 2021
    • 4 min

    The White Cup! by Nandita De nee Chatterjee

    It was searing hot! An old small mug, placed with a thump on the bed tray. 'Tea? Didn't I have tea?' 'No, Dida'. A shaking hand lifts the...
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    Silence has a Sound by Mitra Samal
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • May 15, 2021
    • 1 min

    Silence has a Sound by Mitra Samal

    Silence has a sound when in the crowd there is cheering, laughter and fun but in my heart, there is a hollow deep and profound When...
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    The Epitaph by Ananya Mukherjee
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • May 7, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Epitaph by Ananya Mukherjee

    One day when the war is over, I will forget the face of my enemy The wound will stop bleeding And only a scar will remain. One day when...
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    Language of the Cosmos by Dipanjan Bhattacharjee
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • May 7, 2021
    • 2 min

    Language of the Cosmos by Dipanjan Bhattacharjee

    #fantasy #spiritualism #quest Through every grain of elfin sands; the world speaks a voice, Through the winds that osculates the happy...
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    Review of Unturned Verses by Gopa Bhattacharjee
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • May 3, 2021
    • 4 min

    Review of Unturned Verses by Gopa Bhattacharjee

    “A book of mundane verses flowing like a brook that will soothe your soul, making you fall in love with contemporary poetry” 'Unturned...
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    Call me by Your Name by Sunil Bhandari
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • Apr 6, 2021
    • 2 min

    Call me by Your Name by Sunil Bhandari

    I remember every summer when the sun was impossibly mine, I owned it to the point that the flowers took permission from me to seek its...
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    Cosmic Coitus by Som Mazumder
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • Apr 6, 2021
    • 1 min

    Cosmic Coitus by Som Mazumder

    That insomniac flute playing melancholic tune by the edge of nocturnal sky... fake bewitched smile caress the trust of love, in a package...
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    Haven Extraordinaire by Antara Banerjee
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • Mar 29, 2021
    • 1 min

    Haven Extraordinaire by Antara Banerjee

    When the sun shines with mellow kindness, and blue butterflies hover around fragrant blooms… coral reefs reflect vibrant hues across...
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    Six Yards of Simplicity by Nandita De nee Chatterjee
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • Mar 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    Six Yards of Simplicity by Nandita De nee Chatterjee

    The smoke spirals up The heat scars her face Dark pigments blotching the tender skin Oblivious, she labours on with a half-smile Tossing...
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    O Woman! You Are Whole by Kokila Gupta
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • Mar 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    O Woman! You Are Whole by Kokila Gupta

    Created from mud from desolate landscapes Residing in apathetic mind scapes Granted are her accomplishments Revered in benevolent mien-...
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    White Mussaenda by Nandita De nee Chatterjee
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • Mar 2, 2021
    • 1 min

    White Mussaenda by Nandita De nee Chatterjee

    The dust and din finally settles. It's way past sunset which no one cared to witness. Slumped shoulders trudged home. Burdened minds now...
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    Invoking the 'Devi' in us By Amrita Lahiri Bhattacharya
    Chrysanthemum Chronicles
    • Mar 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Invoking the 'Devi' in us By Amrita Lahiri Bhattacharya

    In the dark alleys of the infamous street, A litany of embellishments adorned her delicate feet, Selling her body was the only option,...
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