Malayalam Poetry : V.T. Jayadevan’s Poems
Malayalam Poetry in Translation Series – 23
Translated by Aditya Shankar
More than any other genre in Malayalam literature, poetry has articulated the profound contradictions of...
Poems by Arathy Asok
Dawn Thoughts
Why does it rain in the mornings?
The old woman with pushed out stomach comes in the dark dawn. She looks at the mango...
Poems by Holly Day
The Ride
I still wave at trains as they rumble by, in lieu
of being on board myself, imagine all of
the places the passengers must be...
Tanka by Gabriel Rosenstock
Gabriel Rosenstock’s Tanka Series – 2
1.
the hummingbird is away again
in a flash, beloved
where did it go
...
“Severance” – Poems by Gary Beck
Severance - a poetry collection that looks at how connections are cut for and against our will.
Who Rules…
The eternal struggle
between the common people
and their...
Poems by Yoosaph A.K
Hangmen
They came to kill me
With weapons unknown
In roguish whirlwind
Uttering my name like a magic hum.
Rural is our vicinity,
Though vicious and vile
Their hidden souls.
Brandishing their...
Tanka by Gabriel Rosenstock
Gabriel Rosenstock’s Tanka Series – 5
1.
will You forever remain hidden
appearing and disappearing
as some noonday moon
mistaken for a cloud
...
“Cityscapes” – Tanka by Gabriel Rosenstock
Gabriel Rosenstock’s Tanka Series – 6
1. Jodhpur
freedom fighters, beloved
did they fight
for polluters exchanging
sweet nothings on small screens
...
Poems by Rony Nair
Heb-do
look onward on homing gulls,
guns arriving in somnolence.
your poet mourns his twin tower ebb,
while wordsmiths mash six adverbs a breath.
with tepid rafts one sees...
Poems by John Grey
2.00 A.M.
At 2.00 a.m.,
I lie awake
and listen to the night
while you sleep on beside me,
while trees in darkness
are embraced by a dream
many years old,
that...
