Tag: Matwaala

‘Space Paths’ by Pramila Venkateswaran

  Pramila Venkateswaran

In our final poem from Usha Akella’s Flora and Fauna series, Pramila Venkateswaran encourages us to look upwards and contemplate the magical, ‘unseen paths’ above the terra firma.

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‘Three Notes to Blue Jays’ and other poems by Zilka Joseph

  Zilka Joseph

In her two poems, ‘Three Notes to Blue Jays’ and ‘So Much’, Zilka Joseph’s words take flight when describing the dazzling brilliance of a Blue Jay and Hummingbird in the open spaces of Michigan.

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Matwaala: Intoxicated by Poetry and to Intoxicate with Poetry

  Usha Akella

Poet and Lucy Writers’ Poetry editor, Usha Akella, writes of the South Asian Diaspora Poets’ Collective festival, Matwaala, which she founded several years ago.

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