Nepal was a Hindu country in the past. Now it is a secular country, where more than one hundred languages are spoken and different ethnic groups reside. Yet, there is still discrimination among different castes and inhumane treatment of some groups. For example, the goldsmiths and ironsmiths belong to a skilled group good at making …
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Unexpected Event
Early 2020: Humanity forcibly welcomed one of the biggest challenges in the modern era, Covid-19, the newest pandemic that nature invented to test our survival. Many people were too scared to leave their homes due to fear of the disease. Some people were not and thought of it as just a new kind of flu. …
Overnight Subway
Public transportation in New York is very convenient. Most buses and subways operate twenty-four hours a day, and the lines extend in all directions! About ten years ago, my husband and I were renting a place in Flushing, Queens. I commuted to Midtown Manhattan. My husband worked in the Bronx. Although there was a subway, …
Scenery
The whole city is scenery for a show It’s New York the one that forces you to dress up although unwilling The experiment which began more than two hundred years ago it is not over the lights don’t go out the script does not end there are thousands of stories to count When it’s …
The Planet Earth
The most beautiful planet in the universe The only place where human life breathes And yet, this planet Earth is turning hot red Not the sun to blame, but man’s ignorance Man has nowhere else to shelter life The only place to live and only here So we have to stop burning the earth Before …
The Earth Is Crying
Snowy mountain in immaculate white Damaged and ruined by climbing gears No one hears its cry of hurt and pain Oceans flow with undulating azure robes But are stained by the oily drip from a ship Rich treasures underneath have less wealth Land grounded by a blanket of rich soil Littered and dumped with filthy …
The Sun and the Rainbow
Once upon a time, the Sun and the Rainbow were best friends. The Sun shines brightly. No one can survive without the Sun. Humans and nature need it. The Rainbow is very colorful. It attracts a lot of people, especially women and children. The Sun always protects the Rainbow, and the Rainbow always respects the …
A Bus Attendant
When my eleven-year-old daughter was four months old, I had to go back to work. I took the bus to the office every day. I was impressed by a bus attendant, a well-built young man with black hair, good teeth and a beautiful smile. He always helped all of the passengers on the bus. I …
A Foggy Day
I pulled the curtain open in the morning. I had a plan to go to Central Park, where the autumn view attracts me. I looked out the window. What day is it today? I thought. Everything was so hazy, was I going or not? I hesitated. Finally, I decided to go. The hazy view has …
Fear
Fear is the enemy of reasonable minds That battles in the centerfield of desire It imprisons human spirit in darkness To stay idle in the castle of one’s own flesh No freedom to soar up and fly high …
Majestic Fall
Falling autumn leaves glide before my eyes
A colorful display of tree garment shedding
Cascading like a waterfall from the mountaintop
Making silent drops as they color empty ground
Spring Blossom
I am an adorable blossom
I wonder who cultured me
I hear lullabies of leaves
I see fluttering butterflies
I am an adorable blossom
I Heard the Ocean Swelling
I heard the ocean swelling,
Daring me to cross.
My Angel
I wish to see you one more time
Come and tell me how you are
Day by day and night by night
I hope to see you in every star
Accents: The Great Miracle of the Human Voice
I was born with my own sound,
with my accented soul,
low, happy, and sometimes invisible.