Poems by Karthik K
Translated from Malayalam by Ra Sh
As time passes, men do become tender
When babies are fed
they insist on grabbing
the spoon used to
feed water.
When I used...
Haiku by Richard E Schell
Await, silent ruins,
tales a thousand years untold,
Can we learn their message?
*
The circle of life,
can we find its true meaning?
It waits unknown.
*
A dark winter’s night,
A...
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...
