Poetry

  Translated from Malayalam by Ra Sh   The vulnerable ones The badam fruits lay blushing red on the ground unsucked by the bats. The kid took a stone and tried to crush...

  Train Crossing Lit up across the Interstate, the video board message stated ‘Look, listen, and live. Watch out at railroad crossings.’ I thought it a strange bulletin, for in all...

    Earthquake What happened? There was a fault. What’s a fault? It’s when one piece of the earth juts above another. Why does that happen? Because the explosions down below go...

   3 Hours in the Pediatric Ward babies crying but not my baby, she’s okay each mother's eyes full of empty fear for their creatures but they're not my baby's...

  Translated from Malayalam by Ra Sh   Something like a lightning My strong belief is that such a man did exist. Yes, there existed such a man. Or, how...

    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....

  Translated from Malayalam by Ra Sh   Backwards, backwards I walk backwards backwards stepping on words. Reached somewhere. I can hear a river. Light scattered here and there. Can’t see anything. Sharp pointed lances Race...

    When things start leaving you they don't say bye. Silently, they leave in a row. My dad did not say bye when he died. My mom did not say...

  Translated from the Portuguese by Calvin Olsen   You never miss SienaThe train materialized on binario 3 the moment the ragazza served a cappuccino on that shabby counter in...

    Cloak of Solitude When her eyes are blank and cold When there are no ripples of warmth When they are like a frozen brook in a new...