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✨ LATEST ISSUE • From ULR Issue 15 – REFUSE

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A bird's call knots silence in the paling urban air, before city noise ascends.

July 29, 2026

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.

📖
PART OF A COLLECTION

Aural Retablos of Neighbourhood

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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

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