Left untrained,
the bitter melon’s taken over
the mulberry, dusting it
From Lockdown Garden
May 2, 2022
Issue 23, Issue 23 Poetry, Poetry
All posts tagged: Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
April 2022 Poetry Feature
April 28, 2022
Poetry
New work from our contributors: ARVIND KRISHNA MEHROTRA, DAVID LEHMAN, and MATT DONOVAN.
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra | “The Walk”
David Lehman | “Just a Couple of Mugs”
Matt Donovan | “Portrait of America as a Philadelphia Derringer Abraham Lincoln Assassination Box Set Replica”
The Walk
By Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
In a tree hollow like a cave mouth,
in which you and your partner
selfied yourselves, is a trash bag
oozing trash juice.
Death in an Art Deco House
November 1, 2011
Issue 02, Issue 02 Poetry, Poetry
By ARVIND KRISHNA MEHROTA
Fortysomething, slight of build,
he lived next door with his parents
in an Art Deco house with garden to match
and tall trees that came up to my third floor flat
from where I could touch their leaves. Squirrels
ran up and down them all day, squeaking.