Ayushma Regmi

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by Ayushma Regmi 03 April 2009
Ayushma
Regmi

Ayushma Regmi is a poem and book reviews editor for V.E.N.T! Magazine. She is a writer and poet who loves slippers that go flippity flappity, toes, bellies, trees (especially dead ones that look like elephants), lightning and thunder, water, the sound of rain, colors, and sunshine. She received her B.A. in English Literature from St. Stephen’s College in Delhi and currently doing M.A. in Development Studies from Kathmandu University. Read more of her poems at gooeyjournalism.blogspot.com. Contact her at ayushma AT ventzine DOT com.

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  • gold

    I'm back out of track

    the tragedies you breed in the farm of your heart
    keep me alive
    living
    amidst the songs of L. Cohen
    in between lines sung by a voice
    that almost wishes it had not spoken

    You send me regards
    I send you regrets

    I'm always glad you stand in my way

    the clashing of gold and diamond
    produces no metal
    no stone
    only music
    that sparkles like a diamond
    and glistens like gold

  • Daddy

    Daddy burns helicopters on mobile phones.
    Daddy talks of helicopters on mobile phones.
    Daddy burns
    Restless
    Helplessly powerful
    Inherently weak.

    Daddy does
    Creates
    Captivates
    Daddy has come
    But Daddy walks alone...

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    Tom Robbins’ Still Life with Woodpecker primarily tries to answer this - “There is only one serious question and that is: Who knows how to make love stay?” Throughout the book, Robbins mingles this elusive quest with the purpose ...

  • De-Rooting Education

    At 19, Nimesh Ghimire is the founder of Minimally Invasive Education, an education project supported by Save the Children-USA, Global Changemakers and the Nepal Government. He recently graduated from Budhanilkantha School and has taken a year off...

  • Op-Ed: A New Rebellion

    When the traffic police seized my license recently, I had no reservations in throwing a tantrum. If there was one thing I had learned from my three years in Delhi, it was that in South Asia, tears are a valuable bargaining tool for women. An ordinary person hates to see a woman in tears...