Poetry at Sangam
Poetry at Sangam showcases poetry in English and translations as well as essays on poetics and news of new releases.
The dreams of a black woman
are very fair
and her truth pitch dark.
She is born with a pain
to which no colour
can be given
It borrows the colour of water
to fill her eyes and
swim in the red wounds
of her dark body
She suppresses on her lips
the silent screams of
every dark person
and turns darker still
The dreams of a black woman
fly away like white birds
to pick bits of moonlight
and scatter them in her lap
The black woman longs for
a fair child…