Poetry at Sangam
Poetry at Sangam showcases poetry in English and translations as well as essays on poetics and news of new releases.
Nasturtium Officinale
How to tell one shadow from another underwater – cool leaves like coins cast
deep in dappled river – how to know florets from spots of sunlight?
Hollow stems plaited and knotted with water, like pattern of thought
or weather. How is it not the river I bundle into bags? Old herb,
farmed longer than any other, a green fire to burn the tongue
and bolster the blood that flows through us.