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…...
Older: Portland, Maine, 1971 and other poems – Peter Mladinic
Older: Portland, Maine, 1971 Why did you have to look at him, lock eyeswalk your body near his, where exactlyin Portland were you when you showed himyour soul when your lips kissed histhat first…...
Mirrors Around X and other poems – Pablo Saborío
Mirrors Around X After Max Ritvo Max’s body is made up of four parts,equidistant from each other as if wounds could set up a bandto rehearse evocative ballads. The towel covering his body is an ancientrelic…...
You Have Sprung and Other Poems – John Grey
You Have Sprung I drive homeinto a breeze from the northeast.It doesn't bring rain or snow,just shunts the clouds around,ruffles brown grass, shakes trees gaunt from winter. : The road leads bywide muddy fields,patches of standing…...
Knife and Other Poems – Kumares Chakraborty
Translated from the Bengali by Boudhayan Mukherjee Knife Prestigious service with lucrative salary, Substantial pension after retirement, Costly car, luxurious house furniture Children well established in England-America, Regular morning walks, health checkupsAnd every year Vacation tours…...