Poems by Asha B
Translated from the Malayalam by Ra Sh (Ravi Shanker)
The Gods in the straw hut
The night I had my first periods,
the Messiah and Krishna in...
Poems by Robert Ronnow
Home Schooling
November and April
when the trees are first bare and last naked
have become my favorite months. All the food eaten
except last rose hips and...
Poems by Duane Anderson
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...
Poems by J.R. Solonche
The Best Myths Are The Metamorphoses
The best myths
are the metamorphoses,
the ones that change,
transform, shift
shapes from one ordinary
to one more strange,
from one mere mortally
to one...
Poems by Michael G. Smith
During the fall of 2019 Michael G. Smith was a writing resident at Gullkistan Center for Creativity (http://gullkistan.is/). Gullkistan is located in the Icelandic...
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...
Five Poems by John Tustin
The Dead Appear to Live
Looking out the window of the winter morning
And seeing the blue white sheen over the fallen leaves
That makes the dead...
Every Sheath is Torn – Photo Haiku by Gabriel Rosenstock
Photography By Youngho Kang
1.
throbbing dawn . . .
everything becomes
something else
2.
when every sheath
is torn from us . . .
what then?
3.
before the filthy birth
of Time ....
Tanka by Gabriel Rosenstock
Gabriel Rosenstock’s Tanka Series – 9
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1.
and for no reason
people danced the whole day long
a joy to behold
and one...
Poems by Merin Manjooran
Translated from the Malayalam by Ra Sh (Ravi Shanker)
Rule
Octagonal land; Olive trees
grow thick on the borders!
Triangular lake with daffodils
hedging it! An octagonal...
