Only Loneliness & Other Poems— Constantin Abăluță
Translated from the Romanian by Victor Pambuccian Only Loneliness Only loneliness knows what a word isonly the rain knows when you’ll leave for goodyou listen on the phone to how a friend’s cat is purringand you…...
The Houses Of The Dead & Other Poems— Spyros Aravanis
Translated from the Greek by Yannis Goumas The Houses Of The Dead Houses belong to their deadas the bones of horses to their riders.Starting with the peeling of wallsto arrive eventually in their stalk—never from…...
Tamed— A Malayalam Poem by Sujeesh
Translated from the Malayalam by Nithya Mariam John After each resettlingthose which didn’t fit in, were discarded. Now, what remains with me after moving from place to place, are things that befit any house. This…...
Twenty Micro Poems & Other Poems— Katerina Agyioti
Self-translated from the Greek by Katerina Agyioti Twenty Micro Poems I am adopted. My parents don’t know it yet. I am waiting for the right moment to tell them. (I chose them when I was an…...
Chairs Photo Series & Other Poems— Fabián O. Iriarte
Translated from the Spanish by Donny Smith Chairs Photo Series like snares that inexorable keep ustied to the passage of time seated on the sphinxlike worthless riddles we wonder what our nextconundrum will be…...
Flowers Strewn On The Ground & Other Poems— Shankar Lahiri
Translated from the Bengali by Aritra Sanyal Hog A hog, fleshy and smooth. A woman …...
Shadows Pass Us By & Other Poems— Nikola Mazdirov
Shadows Pass Us By We’ll meet one day,like a paper boat anda watermelon that’s been cooling in the river.The anxiety of the world willbe with us. Our palmswill eclipse the sun and we’llapproach each other holding lanterns.…...
Tear Curtains & Other Poems— Rafeeq Ahamed
Translated from the Malayalam by K.M. Ajir Kutty Tear Curtain Be seated, saying thus the poet went insideOn the table were an unopened letter,an unfinished poem,and a cup of coffee gone cold.And in the ashtray…...
Five Classical Chinese Poems— Guanxiu
Translated from the Classical Chinese by Xiaoqiu Qiu Thinking About Dao Priest Zhiti The orioles in my courtyard chirped a hundred times,sitting by the green water, I thought about my dear friend.If only we lived…...