Merak Magazine

The Unusual South Korea

South Korea, a country in East Asia that occupies the southern portion of the Korean peninsula. Even for people who are not aware of the country and its culture, K-pop might sound familiar. K-pop is a term that is often…

Indian Culture: An Overview

Indian Culture and traditions are something which have now become renowned all across the world.  We all refer to India and its culture as something very diverse and unique. But seldom do we give a thought to why things are done…

Juke Joint

Measurable volume empty space Sun has risen, hours passed Since the last few patrons laughed then left Distinctive timber presence remain Juke joint slumber, eerie din Kept captive and alive within somehow Stand still listen in ghostly relics, remnants’ hiss…

Accident

If you’re too green For a place, Everyone can feel it. As sure as self is Close to the entrance A walled chasm Of separation Invades. Streets collide At a juncture Meet at your feet, Head over heels This raggedy…

Peace

Rallying around Holding candles Doesn’t really support a cause, Peace needs to be within, Not combined with a jolt. Peace is that state Where you don’t increase Your negative karmas, You strive always to Unbind your past mantras, You seem…

Martial Warriors

As the northern breeze passes by the men in green spurt Through the wild trees, Some in anticipation, Some in trepidation, Striving to attain a single goal; To serve their nation! “Homesickness ameliorate with time”   They were told, But…

Lake cottage

On the edge of a lake, A cottage, Nestling among trees, A mere spec from the shore. Some songs un-born, Reside in a grieving heart, Seeking solitude in that Already-isolated community Fleeing from contact!

I Hate You

I hate you so much that I don’t hate you, Sometimes I try to define your beauty. I watch as the wind hits your nose, The reflection of the sun in your eyes, The way the night sky steals from…

Goodnight Suburbia

Buildings blacken like the sky,         And hovels their roots beneath         The earth, run like fingers to Ghana,         Street skirted by masts, narrowed         Down to fires twinkling like stars,         Broadcasting from windows to         Old Oyo,…

Unavowed

Around this unsettled day Desolate as a derelict house, Grows ineffable sadness – Dense like a jungle Whose silence hoots scorn For any intrusion, and Occludes the sunny hands Of a needed interruption ; It is so complacent In its…