Ode to Evening -William Collins
Blogpost by Dhanu If aught of oaten stop, or past'ral song,May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear,Like thy own solemn springs,Thy springs and dying gales,O nymph reserved, while…
Daddy -Sylvia Plath
Poem- Blogpost by Dhanu You do not do, you do not doAny more, black shoeIn which I have lived like a footFor thirty years, poor and white, Barely daring to…
Purdah (1) – Imtiaz Dharker
Poem- Blogpost by Dhanu One day they saidshe was old enough to learn some shame.She found it came quite naturally.Purdah is a kind of safety.The body finds a place to…
Blessing- Imtiaz Dharker
Poem-Blogpost by Dhanu The skin cracks like a pod.There never is enough water.Imagine the drip of it,the small splash, echoin a tin mug,the voice of a kindly god.Sometimes, the sudden…
The Arrival of the Bee Box- Sylvia Plath
Poem- Blogpost by Dhanu I ordered this, clean wood boxSquare as a chair and almost too heavy to lift.I would say it was the coffin of a midgetOr a square…
Green Rain -Dorothy Livesay
Poem- Blogpost by Dhanu I remember long veils of green rainFeatured like the shawl of my grandmother-Green from the half-green of the spring treesWaving in the valley.I remember the roadLike…
The Sunshine -Julia Lithebe
Poem- Blog post by Dhanu The sun rises and shinesIncorporating the happiness of the dayHappiness reflecting in everythingIt's shining in my eyesIt's shining refulgent every single day.The sun rises gloriously…
Dover Beach -Matthew Arnold
Poem- Blog post by Dhanu The sea is calm to night.The tide is full, the moon lies fairUpon the straits; - on the French coast, the lightGleams and is gone;…
Once Upon a Time- Gabriel Okara
Poem- Blogpost by Dhanu Once Upon a time, son,they used to laugh with their heartsand laugh with their eyes:but now they only laugh with their teeth,while their ice-block-cold eyessearch behind…