Douvre’s poems are short moments on the surface of life, scattered like breaths over observations both searing and bright.
Mohan Rana's poems explore living in the present times, pieces that sing of memory and deep reflection.
I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we loved? Were we not weaned till then? But sucked on country pleasures, childishly?
Sweet malida. A mix of water-softened flattened rice, sugar, dried fruits and nuts, was a dish made
The song I came to sing remains unsung to this day. I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument.
The past was deep. The fairy lights were black and white. As if everything was lost in a film scene from the prime time.
CREDO I am; we are A million miles or more from our nearest star. We absorb us, I absolve me, Profligate in our insensitivity. One
Here are three rare sublime poems, from ‘The Collected Poems’ by James Joyce.
Three poems by Sarojini Naidu from 'The Golden Threshold' published in 1905. Naidu is one of the first major female poets in Indian-English literature.
Tonight, let me write!/Let me write/Of the hopeful eyes/And the desperate souls,/Of the severed limbs,/And the silenced songs,
Moments to cherish: Of belly laughs and simple joys, Of the innocent world Viewed through childhood eyes. Moments to cherish: Of the first flutters of
'Two Pieces of Timir' and other poems of Sankha Ghosh translated by Maitreesh Ghatak. A tribute to the late poet.
