Refugee Child
“he is a blue child/ who came out of the sea/ in an orange dream…”
A poem against borders, by Usha Kishore.
Indian-born Usha Kishore is a British poet and translator, now resident on the Isle of Man. Usha’s poetry has been widely published in international journals and anthologised by Macmillan (UK), Oxford University Press (UK) and Harper Collins India, among others. The winner of an Isle of Man Arts Council award and a Heritage Foundation award, Usha’s debut collection ‘On Manannan’s Isle’ was published in January 2014.
Radcliffe Line
“The line/ reincarnating as a fragile ceasefire margin,/ that moves to and fro with glacier tilt”
Poem of the Week (November 30), by Usha Kishore.
Little Mother
“Fleet-footed/ as a deer at seventy, Little Mother warms/ water for the family, cooks breakfast/ and dinner, tidies up the fallen decades.” Poem of the Week (July 8), by Usha Kishore.
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