Poems by Magda Isanos — Victor Pambuccian
TRANSLATED FROM THE ROMANIAN BY VICTOR PAMBUCCIAN At the Edge of the Graveyard There's a place beside grandpaat the edge of the graveyardjust the right size to forget it all and tokeep…...
The House Where I was Born — Ammu Deepa
TRANSLATED FROM THE MALAYALAM BY AMMU ASHOK It’s been fifteen years Since I left my home wearing jasmine garland on my hair. Covertly, I registered my home in my brother’s custodian Since…...
Poems — Utpal Deka
TRANSLATED FROM THE ASSAMESE BY NIRENDRA NATH THAKURIA 1. Corporate Game A world inside a skull Without specs it is seen a strange world The game we played didn’t end Behind the ads…...
Wonderful Breeze — Riccardo Olivieri
TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY PATRICK WILLIAMSON All it took was a little rain and grass populated each crack in the road. You walk home and you’re happy. * * * LINGER*…...
Via the Mouth and in Writing — Claudine Helft
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY PATRICK WILLIAMSON 1 I love you, that’s all, day that falls dawn that rises from night bound to morning, nothing but this desire born…...
Why Should We Kill the Peasants? — Şükrü Erbaş
TRANSLATED FROM THE TURKISH BY GÖKÇENUR Ç. AND NEIL P. DOHERTY Why should we kill the peasants? Why should we kill the peasants? Because they’re indolent,Against this ever-changing worldThey live indifferently,…...
Curved and Other Poems — Guido Cupani
TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY PATRICK WILLIAMSON Curved …...
Horizons and Other Poems — Hélène Dorion
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY PATRICK WILLIAMSON Horizons All the light you need, allthe shade you need to be trueto yourself, to be free, you think so, be trueinsofar as that still meanssomething, today when…...
Clouds and Other Poems— Anita Agnihotri
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY SARMISTHA DUTTA GUPTA AND SHAMBHOBI GHOSH Clouds Translated by Shambhobi Ghosh from the original poem ‘Megh’ Like primordial fishes, clouds roam in the darknessFrom one corner to the next, sometimes, snarling, the…...