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...
Eco Poetry by David Russell
Earthquake
What happened? There was a fault.
What’s a fault?
It’s when one piece of the earth juts above another.
Why does that happen?
Because the explosions down below
go...
Poems by E. Martin Pedersen
3 Hours in the Pediatric Ward
babies crying
but not my baby, she’s okay
each mother's eyes full of empty
fear for their creatures
but they're not my baby's...
Poems by Vidya Poovancheri
Translated from Malayalam by Ra Sh
Something like a lightning
My strong belief is that
such a man did exist.
Yes, there existed such a man.
Or,
how...
Haibun – By Aditya Shankar
A Resignation Letter from Voice
Dear body, I am tired of the paid holiday in your muted throat. A new-born, you arrived whimpering, seeking clarity....
Poems by Abhiram.S
Translated from Malayalam by Ra Sh
Backwards, backwards
I walk
backwards
backwards
stepping on words.
Reached somewhere.
I can hear a river.
Light scattered here and there.
Can’t see anything.
Sharp pointed lances
Race...
Silent Farewells – By Ra Sh
When things start leaving you
they don't say bye.
Silently, they leave in a row.
My dad did not say bye
when he died.
My mom did not say...
