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e May 21, 2025, 10_20_24 AM

The Good Thing

I don’t count my friends in numbers I count them in echoes— The ones who laugh when I laugh, Who clap when I only whisper dreams, Who don’t ask why when I say “What if we built a bookstore on the moon?” They say, “Yes, and let’s paint it warm grey.” They are the soft […]

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Longing

I long for the love that I don’t have. I yearn for the home that does not exist. Where fingers trace stories on windows of rain, And silence sits soft like a kiss on the wrist. I wander in places my feet never touched, Where moonlight remembers the names I forget. The hearth I imagine […]

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Gentle Lull

Sitting out there in open Among the broken pieces of my wall of creativity Fluttering of paper Falling of stones The earth is still shaky… Not too much! It’s a gentle lull. A lull…to keep rocking those who are sleeping into deep sleep. Not that ferocious like it was in the morning That moment when […]

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Are Vocabulary Learning Strategies Important in Writing?

There are two types of writers in the world. Those who have such a huge ‘hoarding’ of vocabulary that it becomes impossible to flow with their writing. And those whose vocabulary is so sparse that they are not able to replace “very” with more appropriate words. both types have their own particular vocabulary learning strategies. […]

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How to Get in the Groove of Writing?

If you are reading this post, it clearly means that your heart tells you to write but you do not know where to start from. You have what it takes to be a writer but you are hesitant due to various reasons. https://shemabukhari.com/that-monster-called-writing/ Guess what? Focus Matters! Routine Helps! Yes, it sounds clichéd, but this really […]

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Is Writing Scarier than Asking your Crush on a Date?

So you aspire to become a writer but scared of your own skills? Have you picked a pen or open a Word document many times but got distracted by every other thing in the world? And yet again you can’t sleep at night because the thoughts in your mind push you to pick a pen […]