Poems by Jaya Abraham
Lot's wife
She held a lot,
The morning hues
The mows of the herd,
The soft flap of the wind
Against the tent roofs
And the smell of bread
Fresh from...
Two Poems by Swati Moheet Agrawal
Girl Child
Circa 1983 Mumbai,
the era I was born,
the time a girl child was frowned upon.
A squalling baby,
unsightly and hairy,
far from a fairy,
jilted and spurned.
Howling...
Poems by Shyamasri Maji
After a hundred years, Mr. Eliot!
The myopic glasses couldn’t recognise Hale.
The church bells tolled aloud.
He forgot to remember her, or
remembered to forget the...
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...
Poems by Colin Ian Jeffery
Russia’s war invading Ukraine
(March 2022)Monstrous Putin, bloody Russian dictator, wading in blood
Vile creature isolated in ivory tower using murder and terror
Oppressing own people, greedy...
Poems by Ramesh Dohan
Winter’s Chapter
In my garden
The flowers
have withered. Clouds
gather for snow. Wind
shakes the branches
My cat steps to a window
Wonders where mice go.
Perhaps he blames...
Poems By Swati Moheet Agrawal
In His Light, I Learn How to Love
He is fragile
like a flower nodding gently on its stem,
looking as if the lightest zephyr
would scatter...
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...
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...
Poems by Jaya Anitha Abraham
Gospel at the Well
Walking to the well,
Me, a fugitive
An empty pot in hand,
I carry my home in my mind,
Moist in hopelessness,
I bake my bread...