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...
Poems by Mini Babu
Open Fists
Of the couple of languages
That I have perfected –
one is - “open fists.”
I go around opening and clenching
my fists -
people seem grateful...
Poems by Aleksandra Vujisić
Broken
It feels like waking up next to a ghost
and craving for life
and getting lost,
and I want to hold the girl that
I used to be,
tell...
Poems by John Grey
Tracking Down Clues
Your poetry has me scratching my head
and beyond.
Everything’s so random.
Like the words were spilled not written.
You must imagine yourself
a Jackson Pollock of...
Poems by Mahendar Mahi
Translated from Malayalam by Ra Sh
You won’t know me
Like you won’t know a kiss
without even a single lip
to receive it,
like you have never seen...
Two poems by Katarina Sarić
Translated by Petar Penda
Mirage
If I ever see you again –
let it be a precedent
worthy of the main scene of a historic
block-buster
or a western
set...
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 Duane Anderson
Train Crossing
Lit up across the Interstate,
the video board message stated
‘Look, listen, and live.
Watch out at railroad crossings.’
I thought it a strange bulletin,
for in all...
