Poems by Rajesh Nandiamkode
Translated from Malayalam by Ra Sh
Gummy soil
Always
always
it sticks to the spade.
Most of my time
is spent in scraping it off
with a stick.
Whenever
the landlord comes
he...
Poems by Santosh Dharma Rathod
A Shirt*
I was reluctant, brother, to say:
“This summer vacation
Get me a shirt from a city.”
Lest it shouldn’t be
A command or a demand
Of a younger...
Poems by Gerard Sarnat
Intensive Care Unit Blues
…Though I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter,
I am no prophet — and here’s no...
Poems by K Satchidanandan
Translated from Malayalam by the Poet
Sculpting
A sculptor’s chisel
carves an image in the breeze
that carries the scent of wildflowers.
A boatman’s paddle, dark as night,
carves a...
3 Poems by Raa Prasad
Translated from Malayalam by Ra Sh
The Waiting
Yesterday’s rain has
some questions for you.
Can anyone enjoy the rain
as much as a man who sleeps
on...
Poems by Kalyani Bindu
The Only Fable
They stop by your window during your afternoon naps.
Weren't you watching as you pushed your forehead onto the sill,
letting the sleeping one...
Every Sheath is Torn – Photo Haiku by Gabriel Rosenstock
Photography By Youngho Kang
1.
throbbing dawn . . .
everything becomes
something else
2.
when every sheath
is torn from us . . .
what then?
3.
before the filthy birth
of Time ....
Poems by Duane Anderson
The Odd One
One team won
all the odd sets,
the other team won
all the even sets,
but in a game of the best
out of five sets,
there was...
Poems by Ratheesh Krishna
Translated from Malayalam by Ra Sh
Shifting house
When the neighbouring home
was demolished
the Gods leapt out first
and took their seats in the jeep.
The aged ones...
Poems by Colin Ian Jeffery
Apple tree
There is an apple tree, old and gnarled
At the bottom of my garden, again in bloom
On which in childhood my brother and...
