poem

First flight of a flightless bird

I pen misery with dark black ink that I draw from a hole inside of my chest
11 May 2023

The Mandalorian

The Mando, having more pressing matters To protect the kid, no bounty, no task ordained To him. He loves its cooing, its soft forehead, Appealing spell cast by the marveled eyes.
5 May 2023

Escapril: How a poetry writing challenge curates community

The Instagram account for Escapril posts all 30 prompts for the month ahead of time, and the poet is only required to write by taking inspiration from said prompts
14 April 2023

Night on the borderline

An unwarranted guide, tormented pride, a sheep inside of a wolf’s hide.
13 April 2023

Dear Van Gogh

Remembering Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent Willem van Gogh on his 170th birth anniversary–March 30, 1853.
1 April 2023

Ephemeral

But in this lifetime, we'll never know what we could've become.
30 March 2023

Dreams I Dare Not Dream

For hope is when I dream those dreams I dared not dream.
30 March 2023

Explorations on Time

I used to wear my minutes as accessories and now the minutes wear me.
30 March 2023

Interview with a Birangona

That evening, a blade sliced through string, through skin, red on red on red. Kutta, the man in khaki says. It is only later I realize it is me he is calling dog. Dog. Dog.
25 March 2023

The Birangona in poetry and conversation

Using a Fulbright fellowship, Tarfia decided to come to Bangladesh to research the war and interview the women whom the Bangladesh government, in 1972, titled Birangona (war heroines). These interviews resulted in 'Seam' (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014).
25 March 2023

Mundane thoughts of a house robot

“Eat, My darling, or else your goulash will become cold”
23 March 2023

Advice for Pliny the Elder, Big Daddy of Mansplainers

Great Man, now that you are dead, allow me to squeeze your hand. The sage bushes in Umbria are heavy with bees, so I’m killing them with hypnosis.
10 March 2023

Double Dream of Dhaka

I see flicker the auroras of Jupiter.
2 March 2023

Love won’t you look at me

Does the crowd bother you?
2 March 2023

When Time Stops

For the lesser the days, the weaker the youth
2 March 2023

Mothers of the earth

Come, if you may, with swords or guns. Remember, I won’t cry and run; I will rise from the depths of the land.
18 February 2023

Possibilities: Attainable

Possibilities that are small enough to be held in the clammy palms of a toddler.
16 February 2023

Three Wishes

It’s never the things that matter.
2 February 2023

Wondrous Woes

The only thing that disregards - Is that you won’t be there to
19 January 2023

Carnival

Welcome to the Carnival of Dreams and Memories
5 January 2023