Poems by Holly Day
Once again, winter is here and I don’t know where the time went. The morning glory vines spread over the trellis out back are...
Poems by Danijela Trajković
Return
You arrived in the valley
at eight o'clock in the evening
and found me sitting next to the hearth
which I had been keeping alive...
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...
Desperate Seeker – Poems by Gary Beck
Oops
Before the internet
idiots were shunned
as soon as they brayed.
Now the world wide web
lets world wide dolts
babble endlessly,
bully viciously,
clog the electronic flow
with meaningless drivel,
hiding behind...
Poems by Gerard Sarnat
Intensive Care Unit Blues
…Though I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter,
I am no prophet — and here’s no...
Haibun – By Aditya Shankar
A Resignation Letter from Voice
Dear body, I am tired of the paid holiday in your muted throat. A new-born, you arrived whimpering, seeking clarity....
Poems by Mini Babu
Open Fists
Of the couple of languages
That I have perfected –
one is - “open fists.”
I go around opening and clenching
my fists -
people seem grateful...
Poems by Ravi Shanker (Ra Sh)
The Ocean of Love
I loved in five languages.
Made love in four.
Dreamt in three.
One made me her master.
Asked me to flog her....
Minimalist Poetry : Elmedin Kadric
his word on paper an eggshell missing a prayer
**
grown to rain on alone
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of each fragrance not with it
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dry hush of leaves laid off
**
blue dusk
the...
Cheapside Afterlife – 5 Poems by George Rawlins
These poems are from the forthcoming book Cheapside Afterlife (April 2021, Longleaf Press at Methodist University). The book reimagines in 57 sonnets the life...
