The Beresford Tomb

The Beresford Tomb

Thomas Beresford fought under Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt. He settled in Fenny Bentley in Derbyshire with his wife Agnes, an heiress with…

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Love Affair in Poppy

Love Affair in Poppy

I read your message in a Garda cafe, miles away from your German stopover. You were en route to fight some war, that lasted longer…

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Autumn

Autumn

The way she says “you naughty man” when he brushes past her derrière all adds up. So he puts on “Say Wonderful Things To Me”…

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A Trip through Indian Classical

A Trip through Indian Classical

Goirick Brahmachari’s poems on the theme Indian Classical

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1989 School Yard Shooting

1989 School Yard Shooting

The voices spoke when he was alone,
instructing him to carve words with a pocketknife
to the side of an assault rifle.

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Tripod

Tripod

Windy shore, speckled seagulls,
a black-haired girl with azure eyes, climbing on rocks,
the gray-haired father’s pale hands wiping her mouth.

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Birbhum: Days and Nights

Birbhum: Days and Nights

Afternoon The Bathroom In the bathroom, The plastic bucket stares red, The white walls walk bare, This naked bar of soap, Wants to forever live…

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Ode to the Tree of Life

Ode to the Tree of Life

After moringa, also known as drumstick tree or horseradish tree For my auntie, my father’s younger sister, with her liver disease “Let thy food by…

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Turkish Memoire

Turkish Memoire

I Wind blew in the dry reeds beside Lake Van while granules of sand stung my face and hands, the hourglass of time fallen on…

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A Woman Arrested in Turkey

A Woman Arrested in Turkey

While a woman’s dragged flailing from the street tonight (a protester, I see her teeth and jeans), my mother takes the dog around the block…

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I suppose I am a Formalist

I suppose I am a Formalist

I suppose I am a Formalist
With my adherence to scheme and rhyme

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Spatial

Spatial

We confound
Paralyzed visions
Beyond the rain.

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The Concert

The Concert

It’s a rainy night I’m going to a concert at the arena the roof is leaking but the music patches it up.

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From the River Ravi

From the River Ravi

The river is hurt,
a toxic belly with bloated
minnows, lovers
dumped. I walk its cusp.

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After Schizophrenia

After Schizophrenia

We were smithereens
paroxysms
curated
into a lamellar

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