Poetry

  Translated from Malayalam by Ra Sh   A. In the time of Cholera As God observed from the observation tower, two kids, boy and girl, barely out of...

    Narrative Behind some craggy hill, hectoring me around, I passed an Obshchina, in which everyone was happy. The sculptor gave me a smile and sent me on, but...

  Drugstore Blues My grandma noisily swigged dregs of chocolate shake through a limp straw. Flavored milk filmed her empty glass. “I’m playing the drugstore blues,” she declared...

  Gabriel Rosenstock’s Tanka Series – 6   1. Jodhpur   freedom fighters, beloved did they fight for polluters exchanging              sweet nothings on small screens    ...

    At the Edge of the World I prepare at my altar of stone wrap the night in the fingers of prayer      I create the cup from...

    Origin Myths Those lust plucked melodies, Sung snug beneath the eiderdown,                 As we titter to each other      ...

    Ezra Pound Writes His Elegy The winter arrived early on the doorsteps, little ponds of stars freeze beneath thy feet as the last sun dies on the...

  Translated by Gabriella Bedetti & Don Boes   I am a whirlwind of meaning I unravel in what words can no longer say I am so full...

  Note: The experimental poems below are accompanied by the poet's note (in italics) about their style & construction.  * Dromic I did live doom as a mood...

  Translation by Aaron Devine   I don’t inhabit a country; I inhabit a body —broken— meekly unfurling over voracious ruins and breathing the smoke of burnt days. I don’t inhabit a...