Bamboo – A Poem by Sumana Roy
Bamboo
We like things without bones.
We like things that dissolve inside our mouths
the way life seems to have dissolved into this world.
For death might not...
Poems by Luke Hankins
In Luke's poems, the words move across the page creating a visual, visceral parallel to the syntactical rhythm of the text. The eye moves...
No Such Thing As Distance – Karen Paul Holmes
Review by Lynn Alexander
When you enter Karen Paul Holmes’s poetry, you travel a path between love and death, joy and anguish, gravity and humor—the...
Malayalam Poetry : Rafeeq Ahamed’s Poems
Malayalam Poetry in Translation – 7
Translated by Aditya Shankar
(Translator’s Note: The finest of contemporary Malayalam poetry represents the latest poetic sensibility that is on view...
Malayalam Poetry : S. Joseph’s Poems
Malayalam Poetry in Translation Series – 11
Translated by Aditya Shankar
(Translator’s Note: The finest of contemporary Malayalam poetry represents the latest poetic sensibility that is on...
When Earth and Sky Intermingle : Science and Poetry – By Michael G. Smith
Poetry has never revealed its full face to anyone. Its beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. It defies any attempt at a...
Poems by Sanjeev Sethi
Two Views
Chronicles I cached in encephalon were cliffhangers
needing to be newscast as lading of hush-hush leads
to easement. To undress emotionally to a couldn’t...
Malayalam Poetry : Ashalatha’s Poems
Malayalam Poetry in Translation – 6
Translated by Aditya Shankar
(Translator’s Note: The finest of contemporary Malayalam poetry represents the latest poetic sensibility that is on view...
Malayalam Poetry : N. Prabhakaran’s Poems
Malayalam Poetry in Translation – 2
Translated by Aditya Shankar
(Translator’s Note: The finest of contemporary Malayalam poetry represents the latest poetic sensibility that is on view...
The Story of the Cat That Drank the Sea
Poem: Riyaz Qurana
Translated from Tamil by: Rajesh Subramanian
The drop that was sucked this afternoon
was the last one. The sea went dry.
From the moment the...
