Poems by Arvilla Fee
Exist
to eke out a living;
stay alive; survive
~Dictionary.com
moving
from bed to toilet to bed
tottering
among ruins of...
Four Poems by Anusha U
I hold the umbrella opened
The cuckoo sings a bhajan,
perhaps
learnt from its mother.
The river adjusts its course
swaying to and fro
falling back into its...
Vika Vika – By Swati Moheet Agrawal
1
She couldn’t find her strawberry crocs.
Her banana was too soft and
crackers, too crunchy.
Her doll, Soupsy, refused to dance with her,
and she could not...
Two Poems by Ralph Culver
“Open”
In her hands
I become
the fire
The bedroom window
open
to the winter air
The night
and the cold
enter
She warms herself
against
what she has made
Her touch
shaping me
into flames
“Pavane”
She is showering now,
and...
2 Poems by Laila Brahmbhatt
Dusting of Scent
Dusting of scent
of white jasmines
from the shawls.
An old woman looks
at her wrinkled face
in the mirror.
Again,
she forgets
that her youth follows her
like the breath
of...
Poems by Laila Brahmbhatt
Turning 45
I smeared the birthday cake on my face
once for each of the 45 years,
a reminder that I am still alive,
and for each time...
Three Poems by Arvilla Fee
A Garden Past
I should have known
when blooms wilted
then dropped like confetti,
when leggy weeds sprang up
to swallow both rain and sun
that there was no...
Poems by James Croal Jackson
Rolling Acres Mall
America its malls resemble
the undead remains of capitalism
lavish this grapefruit la croix bubbled
to surface what cannot be informal
in which excessive...
Poems by Smitha Sailesh
Translated from the Malayalam by Ra Sh
Uprooting him
You still peer at me
raising your freezing eye lids,
perched on that branch of winter.
There are many secrets,
many...
Two Poems by Swati Moheet Agrawal
Moonlight Symphony
The moon was a woman last night,
distant,
immaculate.
She slid over the rooftops,
gliding gracefully,
touching the rim of the coffee mug I had forgotten to drink...
