The Song of the Melancholic – By Rimli Bhattacharya
The Song of the Melancholic
She sat,
She wrote,
The song of the melancholic.
She knew –
No one will read her,
The world is buoyant today.
But she –
She...
There is No Subject that isn’t Poetic Material – An Interview with Erin Rodoni
By Rajesh Subramanian
Erin Rodoni is the author of two full length poetry collections: Body, in Good Light (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2017) and A Landscape for Loss (NFSPS Press,...
Poems by Gili Haimovich
Like an Apology
Though my hands are beaten
Their ability to feel hasn’t been damaged,
But has darkened the ability to be accurate,
As when drawing on paper.
Shefali
I...
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...
Stuttered Budding in Six Poems – By George Angel
I write to my friend
who wears his indignation
like a paper hat
he thinks makes him
look ridiculous.
He says,
"Who am I to ask
others to listen to me?"
But...
Poems by Michael Angel Martin
Cholina
When my mother dies
I learn I never knew her.
But she told me two stories,
two girlhood miracles.
At ten she saves her family
from a crocodile stalking
in...
Poems by James Gering
Woman in the Grand Bazaar
She half sat, half lay under dark shrouds,
dead centre of foot traffic on a cobblestone street of the Grand bazaar.
Toes...
Poems by Kashiana Singh
Praying these days
do you pray with mind or heart?
do you bow your head or bow your soul?
do you drape a scarf, wear your Sunday...
Malayalam Poetry : Savithri Rajeevan’s Poems
Malayalam Poetry in Translation Series – 13
Translated by Aditya Shankar
(Translator’s Note: The finest of contemporary Malayalam poetry represents the latest poetic sensibility that is on...
Angel Sound, Mexico City – Poetry by Carmen Boullosa
Translated from the Spanish by Catherine Hammond
1.
I do not hear what I need to tell you.
The voice which strikes its spark from words, the...
