Two Poems by Zehra Naqvi
NIGHT OF THE CRESCENT The spill of bodies lined up edge to edge motorcycle fumes mixed with rickshaw-puller sweat… Read More »Two Poems by Zehra Naqvi
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One Poem by Samiksha Ransom
Rakesh and Manju are building a nest in the metropolis
One Poem by Sambhu Ramachandran
I Feel a City Inhabiting Me My body begins to sprawl & sag loaded with a burgeoning city that… Read More »One Poem by Sambhu Ramachandran
One Poem by Laura Dennis
Nothing to See Here rushing to the office cold dark November morning my skin tingling going by the boring… Read More »One Poem by Laura Dennis
One Poem by Lorraine Jeffery
Over Atlanta Hub that crawls, runs and flies. Planes that reach eighty percent of US population in two hours;… Read More »One Poem by Lorraine Jeffery
One Poem by Jenn Zatopek
Shifting Red-brick turns to asphalt, strip centers as places of false refuge, dirty devotions to objects, not people– Who… Read More »One Poem by Jenn Zatopek
Two Poems by Isaac Kilibwa
Auditions In August morning’s serein I stand with a mender in a verandah’s shade, too cold to haggle. The… Read More »Two Poems by Isaac Kilibwa
Two Poems by Gopal Lahiri
Hatshepsut* In low light the city museum walls describe a crime scene. smashed statues- broken neck, waist, knees,… Read More »Two Poems by Gopal Lahiri
Two Poems by Dylan Haversack
Plyometrics Underneath the city of Detroit, a vast exchange of energy is occurring. A similar process is occurring in Baltimore.… Read More »Two Poems by Dylan Haversack
One Poem by Basudhara Roy
Kashi In this city where god sprouts from every stone I ask you to choose between light and bone both… Read More »One Poem by Basudhara Roy