Anthology · Published poems

Voice of Monarch Butterflies

I am thrilled to have been featured in an engaging anthology called Voice of Monarch Butterflies which brings together the work of ten different displaced poets who are originally from different countries, from Ganges to Nile (Iran, Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan,  India & Bangladesh). My immense gratitude to the editor Soodabeh Saeidnia for including thirteen poems of mine in this unique collection. If you are inclined to hear the voice of migratory butterflies, here is the link to get a copy : Voice of Monarch Butterflies

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Below is the list of my featured poems:

Song and the bottom of the root (p.35)

Delirium (p.36)

Point of no return (p.36)

If nothingness was the beating heart of a frog (p.36)

The pretty secret of the butterfly (p.37)

Why do I care? (p.38)

Linear (p.39)

Lahore, Sunday, March 27, 2016 (p.39)

Doors in the eyes of a refugee child (p.40)

I’m a death baby (p.40)

Hashtag : Chibok, April 14, 2014 (p.41)

Telescope and night ornaments (p.42)

Untitled (ekphrastic poem) (p.97)

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Anthology

Leaving My Shadow: A Tribute to Anna Akhmatova

Thrilled & honored to have my poem I won’t come home again selected for inclusion in a tribute anthology to Anna Akhmatova called Leaving My Shadow. My humble and deepest gratitude to the editor Trina Gaynon for letting me be a part of this anthology which will feature a ton of excellent work including poems & essays celebrating the power of Akhmatova’s  voice.

Click here to read the poem originally appeared in The Bitchin’ Kitsch November 2015 issue (pp. 24-25) : I won’t come home again

To learn more about this print anthology click on the caption of the image below :

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Leaving My Shadow: A Tribute to Anna Akhmatova

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Anthology · Published poems

Of love & ensuing madness

Pleased to see my poem zebra crossing appearing in an awesome project of Rat’s Ass Review called Love & Ensuing Madness, an anthology of poems revolving around the broad theme of Love (May 20, 2016). Thanks to the editor Roderick Bates for including my work in this exciting collection of poetry. This project will run throughout 2016, and a printed anthology will be released at the close of the year.

Click here to read the poem :zebra crossing

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Published poems

play & theory…

Very happy to have had two poems, Play and theory of the drunken boat & Of death out of the gallery, included in the second issue of Manneqüin.Haüs, a journal of literary art fascinated by surreal (May 17, 2016). Big thanks to editor Zachary Scott Hamilton for giving my poems a warm home.

Click here to read the poems : Play and theory of the drunken boat, Of death out of the gallery

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Interviews

Featured Poet at Walking Is Still Honest Press

Honored to have been selected as this week’s featured poet for an interview at Walking Is Still Honest Press (May 4, 2016). Founded in 2013 under Nostrovia! Poetry & protected by The Southern Collective Experience, W.I.S.H. Publishing believes “each poet deserves to be recognized holistically by the public as the unique individuals they are”. My interview will be followed up by a poem which will go live this coming Friday (May 6, 2016). Many thanks to Jeremiah Walton, Holly Holt and everybody else at W.I.S.H. editorial board for this opportunity.

Check out my interview here : Poet Interview #26 – Debasis Mukhopadhyay

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