3 Poems by Raa Prasad
Translated from Malayalam by Ra Sh
The Waiting
Yesterday’s rain has
some questions for you.
Can anyone enjoy the rain
as much as a man who sleeps
on...
Poems by Junaith Rahman
Recipes
I inscribe recipes
In an anthology of poems
In most pages
Chilli Turmeric Coriander
Curry leaves
Scribbled in a language
Only known to me
Different poets
Diverse languages
Combined with taste
In a...
Poems by João Luís Barreto Guimarães
Translated from Portuguese by Calvin Olsen
Archaeology of a Gesture
The gesture lasted a split second (the
trace of a feeling) I venture out
to find it but...
Poems by Santosh Dharma Rathod
A Shirt*
I was reluctant, brother, to say:
“This summer vacation
Get me a shirt from a city.”
Lest it shouldn’t be
A command or a demand
Of a younger...
Poems by Gary Beck
Cold Spell II
Winter lingers on
stubbornly refusing
to allow Spring thaw.
The sparrows sit
on icy benches
crying to a chilled chorus
for warmer days.
Erasure
Escape from reality
is an American trait.
More...
Five Poems by Simon Perchik
1.
Before this field blossomed
it was already scented
from fingers side by side
darkening the lines in your palm
the way glowing coals
once filled it with breasts
and everything...
Four Poems by José Luis Álvarez Escontrela
Ezra Pound Writes His Elegy
The winter arrived early on the doorsteps,
little ponds of stars freeze beneath thy feet
as the last sun dies on the...
Poems by Alex LeGrys
Round Wire-Rimmed Spectacles
He drinks out of tin camping mugs,
speckled with white so even when
he’s inside he reaches for
something beyond the room--
still trudging through the...
Malayalam Poetry : Bindu Krishnan’s Poems
Malayalam Poetry in Translation Series – 12
Translated by Aditya Shankar
(Translator’s Note: The finest of contemporary Malayalam poetry represents the latest poetic sensibility that is on...
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...
