When the Only Son leaves home for studies abroad. Everlasting Bonds, by Birth I never felt the distance before, Nor sensed the silence in the room, I never missed the familiar footstep Nor the clutching click of the door; Now often I think I hear The soft burr of your bike Rolling, whirring in theContinue reading “4 poems by Anjum Wasim Dar“
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3 poems by Alene Sen
control throw a net wait and see catch me trap me cage me i am more than meets the eye i flit i flutter i want to fly you know little of what you keep take a pause and look at me see the tears trickle down hear my heartbeat POUND POUND POUND i wantContinue reading “3 poems by Alene Sen“
2 poems by Halima Juma Adam
A ray of hope A sunshine at a cloudy day A light in the dark A drop of cold water On a hot-dry sunbathed skin At the heart of a sunny day In the middle of sandy desert Where everything feels cruel A hope in the misery A relief in the pain A breath inContinue reading “2 poems by Halima Juma Adam“
3 poems by D. R. James
Epigraph Poems are never completed— they are only abandoned. —Paul Valéry So as I begin this one— vowing as an experiment not to give in to the vice of revision, that sumo of manipulation I so try to apply to my life— I wonder where I’ll leave it. Will it be in some sun-warmed clearing,Continue reading “3 poems by D. R. James”
3 poems by Susmit Panda
God I found you dying of thirst in the woods. You would not have a draught of water. Only Thick sips of gore, the gore of kids & birds Or human gore would slake your thirst. So, coldly, I tore into my brother’s brain & scooped A chunk of flesh & pulped it on yourContinue reading “3 poems by Susmit Panda”
bereft. a poem by Josephine LoRe
bereft in that photograph you are standing on nonno’s knees pyjamaed feet his hands encircling you steadying you the first boy in the family after three daughters three granddaughters the first boy he was sixty-two the photo tucked into the frame of the tapestry which fills his study wall you flew back with your belovedContinue reading “bereft. a poem by Josephine LoRe”
2 poems by Eva Tihanyi
DESPITE EVERYTHING For Gloria Steinem Despite everything we keep going backward, believe always that we’re further ahead than we are. We forget that if the sun hits it just right, even the robin casts a shadow. The story exceeds us, embitters and enslaves, ennobles and enables, and the darkness knows no borders. Hope is aContinue reading “2 poems by Eva Tihanyi”
Under my blouse. a poem by Irma Kurti
Under my blouse The child I’m holding in my arms is not mine and will never be. Her head leans against my chest; her stare is fixed; she’s falling asleep. Her hand touches my hair; her little fingers mingle with mine. Minutes ago, we laughed together; under the rhythm of rain, we danced. In anContinue reading “Under my blouse. a poem by Irma Kurti”
I Rise. a poem by Geraldine Sinyuy
I Rise I rise above every sickness, I dwell in the realm of good health. I rise above every stagnation, I dwell in the realm of progress. I rise above every hatred, I dwell in the realm of love. I rise above every anger, I dwell in the realm of happiness. I rise above mediocrity,Continue reading “I Rise. a poem by Geraldine Sinyuy”
3 poems by Adela Sinclair
Leave of Absence Born with the weight of a younger brother on his head, dad traversed an ocean after his brother. Piccolo sus piccolo jos -the map is made for us. Bear witness to the geographic degradations, the erosions in valleys and the quieting of rivers, deltas and estuaries. All or some traces of immigrantContinue reading “3 poems by Adela Sinclair”
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