The View from Seventy
“The enemy//to watch out for is the one who enters stealthily with unmarked/baggage…” Poem of the Week (July 6), by Saleem Peeradina.
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Declaration of Intent
“No one escapes your influence./ Once, out of my mind, I tried, but the grass barred my way./ And the stars wandered out of their pens…” By Jeet Thayil.
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Felix Descending
“Felix again, falling through sky,/ an age ago, an hour. He is/ a mouthful of air, a savior at the door/ and trembling…” By Ellen Kombiyil.
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Come Undone
“You will not be able to see me change./ You will not see me drifting into the sea./ There will be nothing aquatic/ about this shipwreck…” By Jennifer Robertson.
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Other Small Disasters
“The silverfish will drown in water, yet he was not granted wings. He took to reading, first discount coupons and then fiction…” By Sohini Basak.
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Reclamation
“After the woman he loved married another,/ our hero woke up every morning with a little blood/ in his mouth. Soon, his roommates complained/ when he muttered in his sleep it sounded like death itself.” By Rohan Chhetri.
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Bright Passage
“Mist soars on the river, my door splits free of its hinges:/ My children’s children, and those I will never see —/ Generations swarm in me,/ Born to this North American soil, dreamers in a new world…” By Meena Alexander.
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India Calling
“A boat slowly floating/ away from Indian coast/ sliver of cardamom biscuit/ baking in an orange-rind sun/ water blue green/ like the marbles of childhood…” By Shikha Malaviya.
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Haripur Transcriptions
“Maybe it started when she used/ her dupatta to wick off the sweat/ before sticking a bindi between/ your eyes while he watched…” By Declan Gould.
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Soap Friend
“Bent// on redemption,/ penitence is your fetish./ You are guilty of nothing, scrubbed/ to the quick.// You’re smarting and hence alive…” By Vidhu Aggarwal.
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