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A dance like Javanaise

A Poem by Abhra

This dance of feet my love for some measure of a song This dance of drops on windows for a sigh of blues before it catches a breath of yo..

Something like osmosis

A Poem by Abhra

I writeto my city of many lightsto my city of darknessto its aging body of people living and breathing as shadows.I write to its midnights (when my ci..

A note

A Poem by Abhra

When I am the b***h this is your p***y to hate. It is yours to own. This vagina is yours. This is your playground. This is your own country. Your ..

Whisper

A Poem by Abhra

There's no poetry for inhumanity, injustice and greed. There are no words that (placed in any order) would make oppression beautiful. No measur..

Somewhere

A Poem by Abhra

Let some parts be left behind So that they may sift and form an open wound. Know that some things are l..

A map of sorts

A Poem by Abhra

This is the measure of fogs the loose grasp of wet soil the measure of tendrils that shadow my fingers ..

Noun

A Poem by Abhra

Often out of the blue I am driven to populate a list, like Herat, of things you cannot take from me. You bloom like Genghis and its citizens ..

Amaranth

A Poem by Abhra

Waves have a way of giving back. A little boy swept to the shore. The ocean is too old to take a child in. Here Fado take this child. She le..

The Colors of Shadows

A Poem by Abhra

Tell me about sootthat gives body to shadowsand sends them as meager friendsto sew the thread of nearnesstell me about folk whofold the rain into thei..

Speaking of Rumors

A Poem by Abhra

Don't spread rumors about cities or riversdon't tell me that my belovedwalks through my memorylike a cityknow that I have walked farfar enough to find..