i Read Single →
bird
calls
in the
neck
of paling
air
between
buildings.
song knots
in the silence
before
noise
from
parking lots
climbs
invisible
steps
to terraces.
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ii Read Single →
distant
trees.
loud that far call –
not bird
but squirrel.
that—
the late-rising
koel
in the green
crown
of twin bungalows.
iii Read Single →
cool
light.
in by-lanes
strays
who’ve
survived covid
bark
at senior walkers
who also did.
the familiar
hostilities
of acceptance.
iv Read Single →
unseen whistle
of a pressure cooker
lifts
shrieking
parrots
off
the neighbouring
mango tree.
summer air
scattering
green.
Priya Sarukkai Chabria
Priya Sarukkai Chabria is an Indian writer and scholar of fourteen books which span poetry, speculative fiction, literary non-fiction, translation and, as editor, three poetry anthologies. Her work across genres is published internationally, and is also extensively anthologised. She’s won awards. Priya is Founding Editor of the literary journal Poetry at Sangam, now an online resource of over 3000 poems, translators’ reflections and guest editors’ notes. Earlier, she also developed and edited the poetry archive, Talking Poetry India. PC: Rafiq Elliase