Another Rest & Other Poems— Antonia Pozzi
Translated from the Italian by Amy Newman Another Rest —For LB Lean…...
A Poetic Lave— A Malayalam Poem by Anna Joy
Translated from the Malayalam by Nithya Mariam John The shower was on,and I was ruminating on the poem.That tiny frogwhich sat nonchalantly on the bathroom pipe,croaked at me the first verse. As I bathed, thinking again…...
The Elegy & Other Poems— Amalia Guglielminetti
Translated from the Italian by Alani Hicks-Bartlett The Elegy I will sing the elegy of the heart that never sleeps:my rhythm is uniform, my voice monotonous. It is the gathered nocturnal voice of…...
The Dreams of Scipio— A Spanish poem by Luis Cruz
Translated from the Spanish by James Storbakken I imagined,Yes, I imagined I was in a temple whereEverything known fit perfectly into its place. Each object against anotherIn essence, sweat, pestilence, and vileness;The pure and the virtues…...
A Spirit Mystified Within Its Own Labyrinth— Pedro Licona
Translated from the Spanish by James Storbakken Ahead, a long line of wayward shadowsAnd the house with all the lights on:A ghost haunts this place.Nobody is breathing in the house. And someone is floating within the…...
Dreamless Nights & Other Poems— Rajathi Salma
Translated from the Tamil by Deepalakshmi J Dreamless Nights The nights are getting barren,difficult to tolerate for more than a few days or a weekThe heart craves a memory, good or bad; to rejoice or…...
Realization & Other Poems— Shrikant Verma
Translated from the Hindi by Purbasha Roy Realization Far in that dark, there's something that clangsmaybe, it is the peepal. There, on the river shores, someone sleepsmaybe, it is a journey. Some lamp child wakes night…...
Five Bulgarian Poems by Blagovesta Pugyova
Translated from the Bulgarian by Eireene Nealand The Waterbearer The waterbearer walked by unnoticedbecause no one saw beyond their own water. In the new era, people lived in aquariumsProtected from one another, and from warthey sold…...
Loneliness— A German Poem by Martin Heidegger
Translated from the German by Eric v.d. Luft Loneliness Dull green light swims around the books,Outside, angels spread shrouds.It's snowing. Bustling in the furnace, a buzzing, a crackling,Tick-tock clock sleeps. Winds whisper.It's snowing. Haggard shapes that…...