Author Dr S Padmapriya

 *The Brave General ( A Poem)*  The brave General, Marched on and on! Seeing the formidable enemy, His army became forlorn. Turning their backs on the General, They disappeared on that morn. The brave General, Marched on and on. He turned and to his profound shock, Found that his men were gone! The brave General marched on and on, Seeing the General with his serene visage, The enemy weakened with the fear, That they would be mercilessly torn. Expecting to see a great army in a while, The enemies decided to leave and be gone. The brave General vanquished the fleeing men with ease, Marched on and on. Back home to a hero's welcome, He thanked his soldiers in front of all, The people shed tears, Someone in the crowd said, "What brave men we have!" "Yes," replied the brave General, "Without them, Would I have been able to march on?"  _S.Padmapriya_

 I suddenly remember the time when I was 17 years old. It was the happiest time of my life. A romance or two were brewing...but nothing spicy or delicious took place in reality for whatever reasons to be able to leave a lasting impact on my romantic consciousness. I recall those days now. It is nostalgic- a bitter-sweet memory. I wish I had a special memory or two to hold on to when I sit here, uncared and unloved for in an old age home. Flash Fiction by Dr.S.Padmapriya 

 Interesting facts about some famous poets  1. Emily Dickinson: a. She wrote nearly 1800 poems but published less than 12 while she was alive! b. Death, faith and deathlessness are the main themes of her poems. 2. Charles Baudelaire a. Baudelaire always turned to urban life for inspiration. b. His first collection of poems, 'Les fleurs du mal' was banned in France for some years. c. Baudelaire referred to Edgar Allan Poe as a 'twin soul'. 3. Giovanni Boccaccio   He wrote his first poem, when he was seven years old. He had never even seen a book of poetry till then! 4. John Milton Milton's magnum opus, the blank-verse epic poem Paradise Lost, was composed by the blind and impoverished Milton from 1658 to 1664. 5  Elizabeth Bishop 'The 101 Poems' of the American poetess  made her famous, though only after her death in 1979! 6. W.H.Auden Auden is acclaimed for his love poems like 'Funeral Blues'. A pamphlet edition of 15 of his poems, 'Tell Me the T...