Poetry
A Breaking Open of the Belly
We are still here Aimé, us the niggers of the north An otherness-nothingness imprisoned in our minds by our […]
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Poetry
Voices Unsilenced
Seven Mountains For my maternal grandmother That moment when you see spring on your windowsill you have […]
Poetry
Man on a Rocking Chair in San Juan & I Shot a .38
Man on a Rocking Chair in San Juan In San Juan I found a man rocking on his balcony, […]
Poetry
You & another poem
You will be the midwife To whatever little I have, You will be the midwife To what […]
Poetry
American Honey & other poems
Harsh, but stay with me.
Poetry
Dedication to Dr. Abby Lippman
This issue is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Abby Lippman (1939-2017). “As we were preparing to go […]
Poetry
Red on Red
After Mark Rothko’s Untitled (Red on Red), 1969 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Peace Pavilion
Tribute
To You, Death!
Since human beings are eminently perishable, they seem to have an obsession for permanence. It is normal for people […]
Poetry
Musée Rodin, 1972 & The Blinds
Musée Rodin, 1972 I saw this body I am sure of it. Flesh and bronze. In one long stare, […]
Poetry
Cayo Santa Maria & Once upon a fast… in the bush
Cayo Santa Maria (Written in Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba in February 2017, right after meditation on the beach) […]
Poetry
Chronic Fatigue System & other poems
Chronic Fatigue System Too tired to exercise (who gets mono in their 50s?), endorphins droop and symptoms of menopause […]
Poetry
Peuple Dilué
Peuple dilué investigates the psychology of bodies untethered to borders and regions. Originally inspired by the Roma population of Sutka, Macedonia, this on-going series explores the idea of a people versus a nation and transient identities.
Poetry
Portrait
Seule et honteuse dans mon lit
Interview
Jeevan Bhagwat: An Interview
I believe that poets have a moral responsibility to speak up for those whose own voices have been suppressed or altogether silenced.
Poetry
Can I be old?
Can I look down and see my ageing, knuckled hands…
Poetry
Emperor’s New Clothes
He drove me in a TATA cab through the streets of Old and New Delhi. The air […]
Poetry
Ellipse & For daughters I can’t call mine
Ellipse I am the chaos of my father’s order I am the conscience of his delight I am the […]
Poetry
On the streets of Paris: In Memory of Jean Rhys
I came looking for you on the streets of Montparnasse boulevard Arago, rue Saint-Jacques, rue Mouffetard, boulevard Raspail place […]
Poetry
Five poems
Canadian poetry The birds are quiet here. They do not shout or bang about the window openings. They are […]
Poetry
Woman in the dream of the pink house & Rocking horse
Woman in the dream of the pink house I listen to you tell, Éloïse. Years before this […]