Poems by K. Satchidanandan
A House called Sorrow
Sorrow is a house,
its walls painted yellow
and ceiling green with fungus.
It has many rooms, from melancholy
and pain to anguish and...
Delta – By Aditya Shankar
Delta
Between me and my poem,
lines we wanted to tell each other, but never did.
Lines we never wanted to utter, but always did.
People we dreamt...
Poems by Devika Mathur
A Shadow
I am a woman of soft auburn dreams/ a soft noise that appears after a thunder/ you wish to dissolve my nectar into...
Three Poems by K. Satchidanandan
Women
One woman walks in a hurry sobbing,
A house with faded paint on her head.
One woman goes on waiting at
A railway station where no...
Tanka by Gabriel Rosenstock
Gabriel Rosenstock’s Tanka Series – 4
1.
the flower seller is left
with her flowers
I am left with my poems
...
Three Poems by Lynn Alexander
Gunsmoke
Corralled in Mama’s car for church,
scratch paper in our pockets
for a showdown of Hangman
with my brother,
the fragrance of Juicy Fruit wafts
out from her open...
Poems by Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad
The Lone Transmuter
On most days
she is soft curled Medusa
her locks big animated S-es
insistent question marks
buoyant ends curving
into snake-eyed C-s
inky chocolate in the shade
haloed red...
Five Poems by John Tustin
A Cradle of Fire
This life.
Again and again reliving
In my mind
A moment in this life
When I touched you
(As if emerging in a morning
To touch the...
Tanka by Gabriel Rosenstock
Gabriel Rosenstock’s Tanka Series – 3
1.
even when not conscious
beloved, of my actions
i sought you all along
made...
Ila Pal Choudhury Memorial Tribal (Hindi) High School, Sukna Pratham Khanda – By Sumana...
Everything seems like an invitation,
even this fever.
This dryness, which mocks reflection,
this torn skin, through which light won’t pass.
But here it is always childhood,...
