Year: 2020

When milk cooker was whistling on the gas I met a stranger in the mirror With shaving cream on my cheeks And a safety razor in my hand Who is that man Who laughs at […]

I NEED YOUR STORIES MUMMY  / INDRAN / 1981 Mummy You have not told me any stories of Cinderella’s   getting golden gowns Grandmas baking cakes in the moon But you have taught me How to […]

The Fort of Delgres The head of Delgres alone Rises buried in the slopes of the green meadow As a wondrous stone sculpture. I stand beside the statue rising just above my head To be […]

The Solitude of the Island Yellow butterflies circling white acacia flowers. I sit Searching for my real self In the island’s solitude. My Indian soul Getting wings from the sea breeze Flutter On the blanched […]

I’m taking a rest Under the cool shade of the neem treeIn the cremation ground. Butterflies sucking honeyFrom yellow flowers tossingOn the mounds of graveFluttering their tiny wingsCelebrate absurdity. He’s enquiring everyone of the mourners In the […]

Every syllable is a sea.A void lies hiddenInto the roar of the waves.A glass of heady liquor,Full to the brim with red wine;A blood-stained dagger,Wrenched from out of the stabOn the back of a friend;An […]

Tamil original – : Indran Rajendran SudalaiI’m taking a rest Under the neem treeIn the cremation ground. Butterflies sucking honeyFrom yellow flowers tossingOn the mounds of graveFluttering their tiny wingsCelebrate absurdity. He’s enquiring everyone of the […]