Poetry at Sangam
Poetry at Sangam showcases poetry in English and translations as well as essays on poetics and news of new releases.
Men
in first-class train compartments,
apply headphones like hijabs,
lower their gaze
and cease to exist.
Women,
in first-class train compartments,
fold shroud-length chiffons
into centimeter sandwiches,
and, shamelessly
become themselves.
Excerpted from Cosmopolitician, Poetrywala, 2018