My Parents as the House Fire
“…sitting on the couch eyes closed/ he doesn’t answer as wallpaper pulls itself free/ curls into the face of the fire…” Weekend Poem, by Chelsey Harris.
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Because They are Always Fighting
“I swallow watermelon, tomato, and apple seeds whole,/ plant myself in my mother’s overgrown garden…” Poem of the Week (July 21), by Chelsey Harris.
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Amnesty
“…She wiped/ down her cheeks to tell us// Srebrenica is in the new Serbia…” Weekend Poem, by Stuart Pickford.
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This Room Speaks
“This room still chirps like the birds / Who gave my Nano her first funeral…” Poem of the Week (July 14), by Syed Jarri Haider.
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In Praise of Maths
“A pyramid here, a statue there,/ But now why bother?…” Weekend Poem, by Heidi McKinley
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Directions
“A walk across this town is not easy.
Its always a waiting-room of history…” Poem of the Week (7 July), by Mantra Mukim
Reading Elif Shafak in the Rain
“But still the call,/ and a boy in white with flowers…” Weekend Poem, by Carl Boon.
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june
“in the village over the turn-bridge,/ the papaya trees bear flowers in white/ and the young pale shoots of bamboo loom over the uthan…” Poem of the Week (June 30), by Shibaji Ray.
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Sherlock Holmes in Red Cross Garden
“What a lovely thing/ a rose is, he thinks, but they will not bloom/ for weeks….” Poem of the Week (June 23), by Clarissa Aykroyd.
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Akhmatova’s Nights
“I who am called a nun and a whore/ who welcomes every morning with open arms,/ I will not run from this, my only love.” Weekend Poem, by Saskia Handley.
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