Malayalam Poetry : Kalathara Gopan’s Poems
Malayalam Poetry in Translation Series – 27
Translated by Aditya Shankar
More than any other genre in Malayalam literature, poetry has articulated the profound contradictions of...
Poems by Bobby Parrott
Breath of a Flower
in a Broken Bassoon
As a baby I had no head, just an open window
to peer through into my self. See, back...
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...
Poems by Karthik K
Translated from Malayalam by Ra Sh
As time passes, men do become tender
When babies are fed
they insist on grabbing
the spoon used to
feed water.
When I used...
Poems by Peycho Kanev
Dark Off
I am still in the old dingy neighborhood,
waiting for the skies to turn into cashmere.
Ice-cream trucks play baroque symphony,
and the brown kids outside...
3 Poems – By Latha Ramakrishnan
O1.
Time on a Different Plane
Almost exactly at the moment when I thought
of the sentence
that poets have a different time-zone
my wrist-watch stopped showing the correct...
Poems by Connor Orrico
Note: The experimental poems below are accompanied by the poet's note (in italics) about their style & construction.
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Dromic
I did
live doom
as a
mood...
Two Poems by Clifford Venho
At the Edge of the World
I prepare at my altar of stone
wrap the night in the fingers
of prayer I create the cup
from...
The Illusion – A Poem by Rimli Bhattacharya
I felt his hand on my shoulders,
I looked behind
There he stood smiling at me.
No.
It was my illusion as
He was in the arms...
Poems By Henri Meschonnic
Translated by Gabriella Bedetti & Don Boes
I am a whirlwind
of meaning
I unravel
in what words
can no longer say
I am so full...
