Poems by Mohammad Rizwan Bhat
1 On the edge of a terrace,Stood a woman-Desolate, distressed and dismayed,Even these may fall shortTo sketch her state.And numerous violent stormsPerturbed her mind. With her heart poundingAs loud as thunder, sheGathering a mountain…...
House and other poems – Bharti Bansal
House Sometimes my aunts sit around the stoveAnd talk about their husbands in shy whispersWhile they talk about countries and their fall in another roomThis is how it has been ever since I was…...
Poems by Tanya Huntington
ψDid you know in wave mechanics, equations never end?Well, after reading that, I attempted to visualizemīmēsis as splitting odds and ends in half. Not KAPOW!like atoms, or Aristophanes' bi-gendered…...
A Letter from Fatima Gul – Udayan Thakker
Translated from the Gujarati by Mustansir Dalvi My dearest Manilal, do you remember?I was buying potatoes in Natalwhen all at onceyou barged into the shop?That was the first time we met. After that,you kept…...
Our Secret Society and Other Poems – Lorena Parker Matejowsky
Our Secret Society The language we spokewas carved by blue, redand black Bic pensinto college-lined notebooks.The most importantmessages were looped-long L’s and low P’s.Some filled the narrow rowswith fat letters and othershen pecked short,…...
News: Research shows human blood contains micro plastics in measurable quantities – Bharti Bansal
On some days you wake up and see the world around you surrenderingOther days, you are the one writing your last letterThere is so much hype around carrying earth within ourselvesSo much water inside…...
I hide consonants under broken finger nails – Debarati Sen
I hide consonants under broken finger nailsand deliver a bravura performance.No, you cannot decipher my fatigue.I dress up spectacularlybathed in turmeric yellowlike a wedding ritual.With my metaphoric verses I paint the sky's tripod extravagantly baroque!Neon coloured…...
Bridesmaid – Gerald Fleming
Bridesmaid —at Alice Shaw’s requestWhat are we wearing to the wedding?Breasts! says OneOh, Silly! says Two—She meant red dress!This, a Wedding? & I the stalk of me the terse talk…...
The primordial rain and other poems – Gouthama Siddharthan
Translated from the Tamil by Dr. S. VincentThe primordial rain Music multiplies and spreads all over my landIn the obliterated dream of history explodes and rises primordial paraiI play with the rib bones…...