Poetry

Six hopeful French poems about nature and humans by Tanella Boni

Unpublished French Poemsβ€” Tanella Boni

Translated from the French by Patrick WilliamsonΒ    Image used for representation  It's a paper suna sun adorned with big dreamsthat you’ll open at dawnamong your singing wordsthe memory of the…...

Crystal & Other Poemsβ€” Salih Bolat

Translated from the Turkish by GΓΆkΓ§enur Γ‡ and Neil P. Doherty   Image used for representation Β  We'll Come we'll come with the songsa forest sings asit burns. our voices will be scatteredon…...
Three Italian poems evoking surrealism by Diego Valeri

Time Dies & Other Poemsβ€” Diego Valeri

Translated from the Italian by Laura ValeriΒ    Time DiesΒ  High above the hills, the flaming space of a dispersed sunset where a faint topaz moon inscribes an arc and fades hoary. Grottos of shadow…...
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Two Hindi Poemsβ€” Dr. Kumar Vishwas

Translated from the Hindi by Moulinath Goswami   Do Not GrieveΒ  Sartre!You worry about human existencedon't you?Do not grieve philosopherI shall explain to youmomentswith full self-consciousnessI shall show you the real pictureof the triumphanthuman raceβ€”along the edges…...
Four existential Bengali poems by Sudip Bose

The Phantom & Other Poemsβ€” Sudip Bose

Translated from the Bengali by Aritra ChatterjeeΒ    Raj Kumar SinghΒ  And sometimes the girls do slip and become lonely. On such solitary nights, they rehearse their steps behind the doors. Down the stairs, in…...
Two Hungarian Poems about Loneliness translated by Joe Varadi

Two Hungarian Poemsβ€” Translated by Joe VΓ‘radi

Translated from the Hungarian by Joe VΓ‘radi   The Storm ApproachesΒ  By Attila JΓ³zsef   Artwork by CsontvΓ‘ry Kosztka Tivadar  The storm approaches, ebon-crested,irate judges, black-cloaked and vested,lightning bolts sever skies…...
Six Bengali Poems by Subrata Sarkar

In The Land Of The Giantess & Other Poemsβ€” Subrata Sarkar

Translated from the Bengali by Arnab RoyΒ    In The Land Of The Giantess Blood oozes all night, sweet dreams of sucking bonesbuzzes over our faces like flies,What’s more nutritious than human fleshin this universe?Β  Tomorrow we…...
Six Turkish poems by Behçet Necatigil

Bone & Other Poems— Behçet Necatigil

Translated from the Turkish by GΓΆkΓ§enur Γ‡. and Neil Patrick Doherty Β  Translations dedicated to the memory of PΔ“teris CedriΕ†Ε‘ Β  BoneΒ  And into the ceilings seeps a smell of tallowFrom the candles so quietly quenchedAnd people…...
Three Poems about grief and loneliness by Constantin Abaluta

Only Loneliness & Other Poems— Constantin Abăluță

Translated from the Romanian by Victor Pambuccian   Only LonelinessΒ  Only loneliness knows what a word isonly the rain knows when you’ll leave for goodyou listen on the phone to how a friend’s cat is purringand you…...