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Tag: poems

To Avantisundari & other poems by Sanjukta Dasgupta

16th May 202216th May 2022  Sanjukta Dasgupta

In this selection of poetry from across poet and scholar Sanjukta Dasgupta’s published collections, the unheard, undesired and misunderstood voices of women, real and mythical, rise up with wit, verve and vengeance.

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Posted in Creative Writing, PoetryTagged: Avantisundari, Circe, Cleopatra, Draupadi, Durga, Feminism, Gender, Greek Mythology, Helen, In the Kitchen, Indian literature, Indian mythology, Kali, Lakshmi, Medea, Medusa, Menaka, Mythology, Ophelia, poems, Poetry, Sanjukta Dasgupta, Sita

‘I could go to bed sweetly, pothos calling’ and other poems by Umang Kalra

17th December 202117th December 2021  Umang Kalra

In these lush and gorgeously written poems, Umang Kalra explores relationships, grief and the effect of the internet on poetic expression in the era of Covid-19.

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Posted in Creative Writing, PoetryTagged: Baroque, BAROQUE Guest Editorial, poems, Poet, Poetry, queer literature, Umang Kalra

Two Poems by Elodie Rose Barnes

29th June 202129th June 2021  Elodie Rose Barnes

In these two vertiginous poems by Elodie Rose Barnes, language and bodies fizz with expectation, beautifully dissolving with reckless abandon.

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Posted in Creative Writing, PoetryTagged: Brassaï, Elodie Rose Barnes, Matthew Bourne, poems, Poetry, The Red Shoes
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