3 Poems by Raa Prasad
Translated from Malayalam by Ra Sh
The Waiting
Yesterday’s rain has
some questions for you.
Can anyone enjoy the rain
as much as a man who sleeps
on...
No Such Thing As Distance – Karen Paul Holmes
Review by Lynn Alexander
When you enter Karen Paul Holmes’s poetry, you travel a path between love and death, joy and anguish, gravity and humor—the...
Malayalam Poetry : V. M. Girija’s Poems
Malayalam Poetry in Translation Series – 10
Translated by Aditya Shankar
(Translator’s Note: The finest of contemporary Malayalam poetry represents the latest poetic sensibility that is on...
Malayalam Poetry : Sebastian’s Poems
Malayalam Poetry in Translation Series – 26
Translated by Aditya Shankar
More than any other genre in Malayalam literature, poetry has articulated the profound contradictions of...
Angel Sound, Mexico City – Poetry by Carmen Boullosa
Translated from the Spanish by Catherine Hammond
1.
I do not hear what I need to tell you.
The voice which strikes its spark from words, the...
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 Sanjeev Sethi
Two Views
Chronicles I cached in encephalon were cliffhangers
needing to be newscast as lading of hush-hush leads
to easement. To undress emotionally to a couldn’t...
Malayalam Poetry : P.P. Ramachandran’s Poems
Malayalam Poetry in Translation Series – 16
Translated by Aditya Shankar
The history of modern Malayalam poetry is a narrative of continuous innovation, gradual emancipation from...
Poems by Askold Skalsky
Zero Point
I was not having an experience of any kind. (Adi Da Samraj)
Nothing has happened. Does that help? (Rainer Maria Rilke)
If you want to...
Malayalam Poetry : Anita Thampi’s Poems
Malayalam Poetry in Translation Series – 17
Translated by Aditya Shankar
The history of modern Malayalam poetry is a narrative of continuous innovation, gradual emancipation from...
