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 Feng Yan
Seeing the mist again
I did not hear my childhood nickname
When smoke rose from kitchen chimney
Beside lake in foreign land
Willow trees embankment, sun setting
Birds song...
When Earth and Sky Intermingle : Science and Poetry – By Michael G. Smith
Poetry has never revealed its full face to anyone. Its beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. It defies any attempt at a...
Poems by Robert Beveridge
Climb
Tired biceps flex, fingers
struggle. Hours
of darkness, of rope.
Still no light above.
There is a deep attraction
in relaxation, the power
of...
Poems by Prathap Kamath
Burnt down forest
It is bad when about sixteen years of life
lie like a patch of burnt down forest –
black, charcoaled, ash-bordered,
...
Poems by Klaudia Rogowicz
Death in Alabama
Girl, don’t go to Alabama!
They will bury you without coffin and call a slut.
Brad Pitt’s a (wo)man
He puts a makeup while she...
Two Poems by Anđelko Zablaćanski
Translated by Danijela Trajković
The Destiny of a Poet
Night had woken up poets from time immemorial
It opened their souls with the golden key
Then split the...
Poems by Jishnu K.S.
Translated from the Malayalam by Ra Sh (Ravi Shanker)
Menagerie
Township of a variety of prisons.
The distance between the iron bars
their length.
Through them we can...
Malayalam Poetry : N. G. Unnikrishnan’s Poems
Malayalam Poetry in Translation Series – 14
Translated by Aditya Shankar
The history of modern Malayalam poetry is a narrative of continuous innovation, gradual emancipation from...
Poems by K Satchidanandan
Translated from Malayalam by the Poet
Sculpting
A sculptor’s chisel
carves an image in the breeze
that carries the scent of wildflowers.
A boatman’s paddle, dark as night,
carves a...
