TRIAL BY FIRE Tamil Title : அக்னிப்பிரவேசம் (Agnipravesam) Author : Jayakanthan Translator : Ananda Rangan (Andy) Sundaresan (From the translated…
More Poems of Devadevan
The Jump A fish : On the water’s surface On a jumpy dive it found the scorching boulder Another jump…
Two Poems of Atmanaam
Alms Become a beggar Ask for alms Beseech,beg – Louder ! Not as far as the street corner Your voice…
Everyone’s Kisses by Manushyaputhiran
No one remembers anyone’s kisses. Even the smallest streak of bitterness settles as a line in the palm Etching our…
Borrow One! – Appadurai Muttulingam
Tamil Title: ஒன்றைக் கடன்வாங்கு (Ondrai Kadanvaangu) Author: Appadurai Muttulingam Translator: Nakul Vāc I was of the age when I believed that a car…
The Rat – Asokamitran
Tamil Title: எலி (Eli) Author: Ashokamitran Translator: Vasantha Surya (From the translated volume Place to Live (2005), Edited by Dilip Kumar, Penguin…
Parting – Gnanakoothan
People part They part in great numbers In buses Railway stations, with wide platforms and Yellow-eyed hanging clocks In towns…
Movement by Gnanakoothan
Monday has gone Tuesday too Wednesday is drying the Doorway decorated with Kolam* I am yet to see you, Gnanatchari.…
A Man, A Home, and a World
A Man, A Home, and a World – by Bairaggi There is a characteristic passage in Jayakanthan’s Oru Manithan Oru…
Andal is My School Friend, A poem by Devathachchan
Andal my school friend elegantly listens to my arguments about Gods and Ghosts as if accepting my arguments Her skin…
Madhuram 