Four poems by Junaith Rahman
This poem talks about memories associated with many cities that haunt us from the past; and also about the mortality of all that exist...
Poems by Duane Anderson
In the Eyes of the Carpet
Day in and day out
you walk across my face,
for that is the only part of me you can see
as...
Poems by Alar Mani
Translated from the Malayalam by Ra Sh (Ravi Shanker)
Suspicion
I see a man looking like a cop
At the junction.
He asks me
Whether I saw.
I ask...
Poems by Nishy Leela George
Translated from the Malayalam by Dr. K.C.Muraleedharan
Tale of a Monkey
Beyond the river bank,
she sat anticipating the juicy heart
with the flavour of figs
The river...
Poems by Akbar
Translated from the Malayalam by Ra Sh (Ravi Shanker)
When I love a woman
How do I love a woman?
Swaying her like the wind
on the sea...
Poems by Zira Razi
Translated from the Malayalam by Ra Sh (Ravi Shanker)
Falaz
Falaz, honey,
how old are you?
Five.
What are the names of
your Abba and Ummi?
Shahid Rizwan, Shahid Jamiha.
Honey, do...
Poems by Merin Manjooran
Translated from the Malayalam by Ra Sh (Ravi Shanker)
Rule
Octagonal land; Olive trees
grow thick on the borders!
Triangular lake with daffodils
hedging it! An octagonal...
Poems by Kalyani Bindu
A letter to end things
Dear phantom Ex
These days you come like a spectre. You are a double-barrelled creature.
I've loved you for several years now....
Poems by Jaya Abraham
A room of my own
Once, I had a room
With glass walls.
Sitting there
I painted my life
Dreaming
About oceans.
For those who saw me
I was a fish...
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...
