Poetry at Sangam
Poetry at Sangam showcases poetry in English and translations as well as essays on poetics and news of new releases.
Translated by Francis R. Jones
Burning – borders of the clouds
sailing – seagulls as the wind rises
surfers on their bellies like the drowned
how waves slide along the breakwater
how their peaks jut forward
how foam on the sand flutters in the wind
and breaks free and rolls further
how the foam washing ashore pushes
the backsliding foam further
how a wave breaks
and only then makes foam
how the white foam of a new wave
slides like a tongue through brown dried foam
how the seawater swirls
and slaps against the pier
wave-crests coming over the breakwater
rain leaping out of the sea.
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