OUR ARCHIVES : October 2010

Last Day of Harvest, Last Day of Summer

Some days, like today,
language is not words.
Crow hops to my side
ahead of the combine
tilting his wings
polished granite
catching the sun.
Three hawks
tired of watching from chokecherry bushes,
soar, one by one, not quite
joining wings aloft, a family
hunting together.
Little brown birds,
sparrows perhaps,
slip into the swath, oblivious
to danger. They always appear again
in time.
Even the hum
of this huge machine
is like […]

Nagging Itunes

downloading her first Itunes under her daughter’s supervision
daughter’s 20 dollar gift card weighing heavily on her
what do you want mom? what do you want to download?
Mrs. Sharma can only have one intelligent response
she says Oh Canada the Vancouver 2010 version
costs 99 cents so very affordable
Mrs. Sharma wants to memorise Canadian anthem
drive it deep […]

Work

O dearest love,
Shall I bring
you stars
from high
above the
skies?
Or, shall I bring
you life
from working
extremely
hard
during days
and nights?
~ Santosh Kalwar
Santosh Kalwar works as an poet, writer and young researcher. He is author of thirteen books. His poems and articles have appeared or are forthcoming in The Himalayan Times, The Kathmandu Post, My Republica, Global South Development Magazine, Book […]