An Inheritance of Concrete written and read by Rochelle Dsilva | Save Mollem #savemollem | Poems for the Ghats
I wonder if the trees knew you were coming for them They have seen people like you before They have outlived people like you before Did you stand under their shade while you made your plans? Did you dare to call it an execution? You can only see as far as your greed Your eyes […]
“I sing a song of Goa” by Tania Mendonca, read by Mario Coelho | Save Mollem #savemollem | Poems for the Ghats
I Sing a Song of Goa : Of the first liquid purl of birdsong that pulls Up the kingfisher day like a fishing line looping into water; Of the fist of the sun at noon and the cracking of the parched earth; Of the brawling of buffaloes, breasting the woodsmoke, Heading for home. I sing […]
I Want A Poem written and read by Jerry Pinto | Save Mollem #savemollem | Poems for the Ghats
I want a poem like thick tropical rain Dense green spatter of syllables Drumbeat consonants, fertile with meaning. Sudden. Short. Unforgettable. Afterwards, jungle silence. I want a poem like a Russian circus You should know it has been trained. No ordinary everyday poem could leap like that. No quotidian poem could shimmer, spangle, exult like […]
In the Sanctuary of a Poem written and read by Salil Chaturvedi | #savemollem | Poems for the Ghats
the small tree frog for no reason that I can possibly know of jumps from m to m inside this poem how it got here i don’t know… must have left a window open why m i don’t know… are they easier for frogs to rest on? but here it is, looking like a small […]
“Remember” by Joy Harjo | Save Mollem #savemollem | Poems for the Ghats
“Remember” by Joy Harjo as read by Sujata Noronha Remember the sky that you were born under, know each of the star’s stories. Remember the moon, know who she is. Remember the sun’s birth at dawn, that is the strongest point of time. Remember sundown and the giving away tonight. Remember your birth, how your […]