Hibiscus

SELECTED POETS AND POEMS

Among one hundred and fifty-three poets, we have selected one hundred and three. It’s an exhausting job, tricky as well. Barring a few exceptions, we have adhered to the guidelines. You will be glad to know that among the selected contributors, the youngest one is a student of eighth grade in a school located in the suburb of Calcutta. The rest, for you to see. Congratulations to all poets for trusting our vision.

ADITYA SHANKAR
EARTH GAZING

AJANTA PAUL
SURVIVAL
REBIRTH

ALEXANDER SCHIEFFER
LIFE NEVER DIE
PULSE

AMIT SHANKAR SAHA
AN IMAGINED WALK
WINTER BLOOM

ANANYA S GUHA
SILENCE

ANEEK CHATTERJEE
THE FLAME
MIDDAY SUN

ANJANA BASU
GOING VIRAL

ANJU MAKHIJA
FORESIGHT
A COVID TALE

ATIF KHURSHID WANI
EASE MY SOUL

ANUPAMA RAJU
THE SHAPESHIFTER

BARNALI RAY SHUKLA
YOUNG AGAIN
A HOME IN OUR PRAYERS

BARNASHREE KHASNOBIS
AN EPIPHANY IN LOCKDOWN

BASAB MONDAL
AWAITING
THE FIGHT

BHARATI MIRCHANDANI
CARING FOR AN AGED MOTHER

BIBEK ADHIKARI
A NEWFOUND VACATION
FROM THE WRITER’S STUDIO

BINA SARKAR ELLIAS
TIME
PERFECTLY IMPERFECT
NIGHT STOLE INTO DAY

BISHNUPADA RAY
TELLING IMAGES

CAROLYN GREGORY
KNITTING THE UNIVERSE

CHANDRA SHEKHAR DUBEY
HEALING PRAYER

CHANDRAMA GHOSAL
DREAMS

CLAUDINE NASH
ESSENTIAL WORK
LOOKING UP AFTER THE STORM
THINGS WITHOUT MEASURE

DIVYANSHI CHUGH
THE WORLD IS NOT A BATTLEFIELD

ELIZABETH SPENCER SPRAGINS
FIRST LIGHT
AT DARK

GERARD SARNAT
INNER CLIMATE CHANGE (HAIKU)
SMOKE THIS SICKNESS

GAYATRI LAKHIANI CHAWLA
EDELWEISS

GAYATRI MAJUMDAR
NOWHERE TO FALL

GEETHA RAVICHANDRAN
RENEWAL

GIACOMO COLOMBA
I NOURISH LOVE

GOPAL LAHIRI
VISTA

GOPIKA DAHANUKAR
TENDER MOMENT
THERE IS

HOLLY RUSSELL
HEMISPHERE

JACK DONAHUE
MASSAGE

JAGARI MUKHERJEE
EMPOWERMENT
HEALING

JAYANTHI MANOJ
CALYX

JAYDEEP SARANGI
THROUGH THE CEILINGS OF SILENCES

JHILAM CHATTARAJ
SOOTHED
GROWTH
HYDRATED

JHILMIL BRECKENRIDGE
EMPTY

JOAN LEOTTA
HIBISCUS

JOHN GREY
MAKING THE BEST OF IT EVEN BETTER
ALL IT TAKES

JOHN P. DRUDGE
WANDERINGS
LISTENING TO ASHES

JONAKI RAY
MOONLIGHT SEEPS THROUGH THE CRACKS
BREATHING LESSONS

KATACHA DÍAZ
STARGAZING
LOCKDOWN BLUES

KEKI N. DARUWALLA
OUR TIMES

KUSHAL PODDAR
VIRUS, HIBISCUS, ETC.

LINDA M. CRATE
REFRESHED

LEVI MARINUCCI
CARVING OUT SPACES
ALL THE WAY THROUGH

MALLIKA BHAUMIK
SURVIVAL
OF QUARANTINE, COVID-19 AND PARROTS

MAMANG DAI
ONCE UPON A TIME IN PASIGHAT
RAIN

MANDAKINI BHATTACHERYA
THE RAINBOW VACCINE

MARGUERITE G. BOUVARD
UNTITLED
PRAISE THE HAND

MATTHEW HUMMER
ASPARAGUS
THEY SEEM TO BE AT PEACE

MICHAEL R. BURCH
FLIGHT
PEACE PRAYER

MICHELE MEKEL
METTA
MORPHIE

MINAL SAROSH
EMOJIS
CONCHES AND SEASHELLS

MONA DASH
FINDING A PRAYER
THE PEOPLE ARE INSIDE

MONICA MODY
PROMISE
REPAIR

NABANITA SENGUPTA
REMEDIAL
CONVERSATION

NABINA DAS
HEALING AMID RUINS
FLOWERS OF LIGHT

NADEEM RAJ
A GHAZAL FOR RAMAZAN

NEELAM DADHWAL
REVIVAL

NEERA KASHYAP
FAMILY DISTANCES

NILADRI MAHAJAN
MEANING IN QUARANTINE
LOCKDOWN MONTAGE—THE LAST TAKE

NISHI PULUGURTHA
THE GREEN IRON RODS

NITYA SWARUBA
THE INSANE WORLD KEEPS ME SANE
ANGEL OF LIFE

ONKAR SHARMA
THE MUNI OF THE DESERT

PIYU MAJUMDAR
MIND GAMES

PRANAB GHOSH
LIVING BETTER IN LOCKDOWN TIMES

PRASENJIT DASGUPTA
RAGA MANDALAM

RAJA CHAKRABORTY
WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAMES
FREEDOM

RAJORSHI NARAYAN PATRANABIS
HIBISCUS

RAMA MANI
WHO AM I?
WHY?
A NEW KNOWING

RANU UNIYAL
LOCKDOWN

RASHMI JAIN
POETRY

RUMPA DAS
IN HIS WILL, WE SHALL SURRENDER

SABAHUDIN HADŽIALIĆ
NORTH & SOUTH (II)

SANJEEV SETHI
INDUCEMENT
CHYRON
QUARTERBACK

SANJNA PLAWAT
SISYPHUS
THAT DAY WILL COME

SANJUKTA DASGUPTA
HEALING POWER

SAHANA MUKHERJEE
“IT IS TIME, IT WERE TIME”

SATISHCHANDRAN MATAMP
A REACH BACK HOME!
HEALING THE WOUNDS

SCOTT THOMAS OUTLAR
WAIT NOT

SHAMAYITA SEN
MAA

SHERNAZ WADIA
NATURE OUR TEACHER
COVID-19 — A BLESSING IN DISGUISE?

SHIKHANDIN
HOW AN ARTIST IS BORN
DO NOT TREAD ON THESE FLOWERS

SHREYA SEN HANDLEY
EPIFLANY

SRILATA
AND WE BROKE INTO BUTTERFLIES YESTERDAY

STEFAN MARKOVSKI
THE JOY-BREATHING UNIVERSES

STEVE DENEHAN
DAWN
THE VIRUS, APRIL 2020

SUBHA NILAKANTA
REAWAKENING
AND THE BIRDS SANG

SUDEEP SEN
ROSE & WALNUT

SUHIT KELKAR
MANYNESS

SULYMAN ABDULMOOMEAN YITTA
PLAGUE AND PLIGHT
HEED THE WORDS

SUMALLYA MUKHOPADHYAY
LOVERS IN LOCALITY UNDER LOCKDOWN

SUNIL BHANDARI
WHEN DAWN COMES

SUNIL SHARMA
SPIRIT, UNCHAINED
COVID-19 AND THE ART OF PAPER-BOAT-MAKING

SUTANUKA GHOSH ROY
RAINBOW

SUTPUTRA RADHEYE
SPLATTER OF BLOOD

THEMBI NTAHANE KAMAHLANGU
STILL

TIM KAHL
SOUL REPAIR

UMA GOWRISHANKAR
JUST BENEATH EXISTENCE
THE PROFILE OF A GATEKEEPER

USHA AKELLA
BRIDGES
UNBRIDGE

UTPAL CHAKRABORTY
EMANCIPATION

WANG PING
THE RIVER IN OUR BLOOD (XIV)

WRIBHU CHATTOPADHYAY
LOVE IN MASK