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Soul Bird by Temsula Ao

They are chanting prayers,But I watch a lonely hawkSoaringAmidst the swirling blue.Wings darkenThe whitenessOf the rushing clouds.It moves in hesitant circlesEmitting an unearthly sound,Hawk-eyes seemingly rivetedOn the mound below,Fenced inBy newly-cut bamboo.The mourners departFrom this obscure bitOf disturbed earth.But grandmother… Read More »Soul Bird by Temsula Ao

WOLF by Keki Daruwalla

Fire-lithalf silhouette and half myththe wolf circles my pasttreading the leaves into a bedtill he sleeps, black snouton extended paws.Black snout on sulphur bodyhe nudged his wayinto my consciousness.Prowler, wind-sniffer, throat-catcher,his cries drew a ringaround my night;a child’s night is… Read More »WOLF by Keki Daruwalla

Woman by Arun Kolatkar

a woman may collect cats read thrillersher insomnia may seep through the great walls of historya lizard may paralyze hera sewing machine may bend hermoonlight may intercept the banglecircling her wrista woman my name her catsthe circulating librarymay lend her… Read More »Woman by Arun Kolatkar