Poetry

In the Hands the Moon and Other Poems— Younis Tawfik

  TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY MARIE ORTON       In the Hands the Moon   1-Creation   I take the sunlight and a handful of grass                and…...

Four Clubs, Three Aces and a Joker and Other Poems— Mohan Rana

FOUR CLUBS, THREE ACES AND A JOKER AND OTHER POEMS— MOHAN RANA   TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY MOULINATH GOSWAMI      AN ORDINARY DECEMBER DAY The present a shadow of the pastThe afternoon 2…...

Canto XIII and Other Poems— Radu Vancu

TRANSLATED FROM THE ROMANIAN BY THE AUTHOR           Canto XIII     How strange it seemed to me when Mircea Ivănescu told me that he shaved without looking in the mirror. The…...

Poems from the Artist’s Book Poetry— Paola Mancinelli

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY PATRICK WILLIAMSON   This passing of days around lifea childhood gamea feather dance among the whirlwinds.One more wrinkle on the world and you laugh.The white-haired trees, their thick roots.And you…...

Collective Death— Nirendranath Chakraborty

TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY ANINDITA MUKHERJEE Collective Death Rather be doubtful, have faith in alternative ideas.Rather be wounded by brutal questions.Rather whet your head, resist.No matter what you do, don’tconcur instantly.Because, whoever complies easily,they can do…...

The Third Eye and Other Poems— Yashodhara Raychaudhuri

TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY CHIRAYATA CHAKRABARTY     The Third Eye You come into this family of warmth, of tenderness,and only wreak havoc, my dearYou are a thief of peaceGo home, go homeThat’s what they tell…...

Who is Crying? and Other Poems— Ramchandra Pramanik

TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY SREEJATA PAUL           Who is Crying?   Who is crying, lips aquiver, on that branch-fork of the banyan? Can you see? Isn’t that a kite? With a pile…...

Bidding Adieu to a City (part III & IV)— Uday Prakash

TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY MOULINATH GOSWAMI   Bidding Adieu to a City - 3 One daywe shall bathe in Narmadaboth of us together. Narmada emerges from Amarkantak,we would be thinking, andeven if it did…...

The March of History and Other Poems— Murilo Mendes

TRANSLATED FROM THE PORTUGUESE BY BAZ MARTIN GIBBONS   REFLECTION No. 1 No one dreams twice the same dreamNor bathes twice in the same riverNor loves the same woman twice.God, the origin of all things,is…...