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 Nolo Segundo
On Finding a Dead Deer in My Backyard
I saw them a few weeks ago. My wife called me, something urgent--
so I left the computer...
Four Poems by Kalyani Bindu
Author's note: These poems revolve around a set of disconnected issues/mentalscapes - a feverish confrontation of nihilism (You Monozygote of a Purpose), attempts to...
Two Poems by Suchoon Mo
Two Shadows
two shadows
side by side
shoulder to shoulder
on the lonely road
to the gallows
I wonder
which one is mine
Sarah Jane
she had no face
she had no voice
I knew...
Three Poems By Katarina Sarić
Translated from Montenegrin by Dr. Ana Stjelja
The poetry by Montenegrin poet Katarina Sarić is a voice of a brave woman, the one who doesn’t leave...
Poems by Mallika Bhaumik
Of city tales and crayon images
The mid morning buzz is about to mellow when the fish vendor's familiar voice sweeps
the lanes and by...
Poems by Ammu Valikkat
Translated from Malayalam by Ra Sh
The vulnerable ones
The badam fruits lay
blushing red
on the ground
unsucked by the bats.
The kid took a stone
and tried to crush...
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 Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
Shadow to Shadow
Moving from shadow to shadow
with the warm wind at my back
I have no preference between
the two shadows. When the
sun breaks through I...
Poems by Gary Beck
Urban Sight
The creaky, old homeless woman,
ravaged by unmet demands
pulls her cart of broken dreams
as she trudges unkind streets
that do not welcome outcasts,
concrete without compassion
for...
