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…...
Caress and Other Poems— Arpita Kundu
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY SUBHADIP DUTTA CHOWDHURY Caress Long before the conception, I made you, too, potent!Despite that, every time our weary, mellowed feverLooked for a profound azureThe bedsheet and pillow got dotted…...
As I Am Writing My First Lyric and Other Poems— Liljana Dirjan
TRANSLATED FROM THE MACEDONIAN BY LJUBICA ARSOVSKA WITH PATRICIA MARSH-STEFANOVSKA AS I AM WRITING MY FIRST LYRIC Dirty dishes inthe text andfootnotes of symmetrypoints of view, purerunic poetry – perspectivelives in sequelspasswords of beverages, alcoholcombinations with…...
A Poem to an Old Lover— DadaPeer Jyman
TRANSLATED FROM THE KANNADA BY SHASHANK JOHRI Sufi,Is the love that unveils itselfOn dating-sites really true?Why else would I, forlornclick and open Grindr,Instead of returning to my home’s quiet comfort.For it is there that we…...