Two Poems – By Atmanaam
Translated by Karthik
Alms
Become a beggar
Ask for alms
Beseech,beg – Louder !
Not as far as the street corner
Your voice should cross the Infinite space
The food for...
Poems by Anandh
Translated by Rajesh Subramanian
A little while ago
Where
Is the bird
That was flying in the
Window framed sky
A little while ago?
It is flying
A little while ago.
You and...
The Story of the Cat That Drank the Sea
Poem: Riyaz Qurana
Translated from Tamil by: Rajesh Subramanian
The drop that was sucked this afternoon
was the last one. The sea went dry.
From the moment the...
Poems by Mubeen Sadhika
Translated by Latha Ramakrishnan
Wall
The cot where slept the cat’s tail
Never wailing whether tugged at or twirled
Searching for rat at weary midnight hour
On the verge...
Poems by Anar
Translated by Rajesh Subramanian
The Blue Kiss
The kiss, flies around
like a strange blue bird.
Have not you seen during
my most unique and inquisitive moments
the blue lightning...
Poems & Haiku – By Thanges
Translated from the Tamil by Rajesh Subramanian
1.
Even while I was just watching,
A falling bright star
comes and falls into my palm
as a word.
What am I...
Constant, Thy Remembrance – Poem(s) by Sibichelvan
Translated by Latha Ramakrishnan
1.
Constant thy remembrance
Constant Oh Mount thy remembrance
Constant Oh Sea thy remembrance
Constant Oh wind thy remembrance
Constant Oh fire thy remembrance
Constant Oh Water,...
Bharathiyar’s Poem – “Besought”
Translated by Lekha Murali
Besought
Why build an exquisite veena1,
Only to be heedlessly cast-off into dust?
Tell me O! Sivasakthi2 –
You, (who) created me with a scintillating...
Poems by Gnanakoothan
Translated from the Tamil by R. Parthasarathy
The Son Complains to His Mother
You said, Don't you ever go near girls, son,
Or your ears will be...
The Death of a Railway Carriage – A Poem by S.Vaidheeswaran
Translated by Dr. Indira Parthasarathy
The rail tracks broke reaching the dead end
And There the weather beaten forlorn carriage stood
like an animal wounded at a...
