A Lion in a Shower
“I dip in a dream of my lion:/ naked on a rock of twilight/ with math under his nails…” By Jen Lagedrost.
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Nature on the Menu
“homo sapiens clinging to the world’s skin/ their boxed way of thinking has no brakes…” By Ruperta Bautista, translated from Tsotsil and Spanish by Clare Sullivan.
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Migrants
“Here, the procession of silence in the yard where hunger chews an ear of corn/ picked/ clean of its kernels, and dreams/ of gathering together the scattered remains…” By Eduardo Arellano, translated from Spanish by Anthony Seidman.
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My Harsh Tears Have Brought Black to Its Knees
“I bring black to its knees,/… I make joy and sadness brawl.” By Tseveendorjin Oidov, translated from Mongolian by Simon Wickhamsmith.
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Shadows of Shadows in the Light of the Light
“The dark night is deaf to the feet stepping along the path./ What am I that rides the enchanted shadows, kicking at the black rocks?” By Tseveendorjin Oidov, translated from Mongolian by Simon Wickham-Smith.
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Nocturne
“The rest of it I wash away, sediment,/ sent for some other centuries./ Your words I keep for the later flowering…” Weekend Poem, by Pratyusha Prakash.
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The Helga Pictures
“He touched a knee or an elbow// with the tip of his paintbrush when he wanted/ me to turn this direction or that…” Poem of the Week (December 16), by Terri Kirby Erickson.
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Vapor Trail
“…the oxygen in the air is leaking away;/ a jet plane/ scrambles…” Poem of the Week (December 9), by Oh Sae-young. Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé.
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Crescent Veils
“Why not take a hot iron/ to my forehead and make it/ permanent…” Weekend Poem, by Erum Khan.
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FM-Biography
“There’s an easier way, there are/ such places: pools of spilt light cool as billycans,/ the snail-slow pulse of passing towns…” Poem of the Week (2 December), by Agnieszka Wolny-HamkaÅ‚o. Translated from Polish by Clare Pollard.
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