Three Poems by Ragila Saji
Translated from Malayalam by Ra Sh
Two breasts that came out of the woods
Two breasts
come out of the woods
to enter your dream.
You are...
Malayalam Poetry : Ashalatha’s Poems
Malayalam Poetry in Translation – 6
Translated by Aditya Shankar
(Translator’s Note: The finest of contemporary Malayalam poetry represents the latest poetic sensibility that is on view...
Two Poems by John Maurer
Lost Car, Found Keys
Epistemological hallucinations are the first sign of philosophical insanity
Of losing the Christ star while mixing the batter of brownies a bit...
There is No Subject that isn’t Poetic Material – An Interview with Erin Rodoni
By Rajesh Subramanian
Erin Rodoni is the author of two full length poetry collections: Body, in Good Light (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2017) and A Landscape for Loss (NFSPS Press,...
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 Gavin Bourke
The Lighthouse, On the Green
Thomas Taylor’s, phenomenal gift,
to his father, a mock lighthouse,
not facing, seas, or oceans, but
endless, fertile, green fields,
hunts, races, grazing sheep
and...
Poems by Ana Nikvul
Translated by Danijela Trajković
Apricot
When you come back from lunch
honey
come to see
apricot has blossomed
my father planted it when I was a kid
thunder halved it once
but...
Poems by Ravi Shanker (Ra Sh)
The Ocean of Love
I loved in five languages.
Made love in four.
Dreamt in three.
One made me her master.
Asked me to flog her....
Malayalam Poetry : P. Raman’s Poems
Malayalam Poetry in Translation Series – 20
Translated by Aditya Shankar
More than any other genre in Malayalam literature, poetry has articulated the profound contradictions of...
Poems by Alar Mani
Translated from the Malayalam by Ra Sh (Ravi Shanker)
Suspicion
I see a man looking like a cop
At the junction.
He asks me
Whether I saw.
I ask...
