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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After Much Ice and Snow Televised from Vancouver I Wonder If Tu Fu Is Dry & Safe In His “Night in the House by the Riverâ€
“In this world what we have/ Keep us wide awake all night…” Weekend poem, by DeWitt Clinton, adapted from Tu Fu.
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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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Hollow
“Their bewilderment has intensified// The hollow was once again sealed with cement/ the next day it was much wider than before…” Poem of the Week (June 16), by Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles. Translated from Filipino by Kristine Ong Muslim.
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The Way I Learned to Ignore
“My grandmother feared ghosts. I mocked her.// Alone, I learned that despair is a graveyard…”
Weekend poem, by Juleus Ghunta.
About the purest memories: or about light
“it was being there, being so young/ and death so far off,/ when there were no dead no funeral processions,/ only the living, the laughter…” Poem of the Week (June 9), by Ana LuÃsa Amaral. Translated from Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.
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