Fistful of Tears

by Ananya S. Guha / May 17th, 2026

Let’s join a war
With feasting
And dancing
With strong mechanisms
Of hating
Using stones to unfurl homes
To hit people and hurt them

Let’s join this war
To use sacred armaments
And to belittle the scroll of
Peace

Let’s join this and another one
And another one
Let’s see peace among
A rubble of children
And parents too, consigned
To a nether world of bones
And rattle of skeletons

Let’s join this and another one
And another one, till we all fight
With fistful of tears

Ananya S Guha lives in Shillong in North East India, where he was born and brought up. He has been writing and publishing his poetry for the last forty years. His poetry has been published in both electronic and print formats such as: Indian Literature, Other Voices, Osprey Journal, Glasgow Review, The Literary Nest, Up The Staircase, Asia Writes, Art Arena, Praxis Online, Muse India, Your One Phone Call, In Between Hangovers, The Peeking Cat Magazine, Post Colonial Text among others. He has also written widely on educational and social matters. He has ten collections of poetry and his poetry has been anthologized in various collections of Indian poetry in English. He holds a doctoral on the novels of William Golding. Read other articles by Ananya S..

This article was posted on Sunday, May 17th, 2026 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.