hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! 10 June, 2026 poet of the month: Tracy Davidson bones sticking out at awkward angles yet she sees a fat girl in the mirror despite what the doctors say Femku, Issue 28, January 2024 comfort blanket the one well-chewed corner I return to being trapped in my shyness Take 5ive, Childhood Memories, 2023 cold silence in the classroom the

hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! 3rd June, 2026 poet of the month: Tracy Davidson my fingers trace the scar along your sternum across the heart that wasn't yours A Hundred Gourds, 2012 I cannot take in what the doctor tells me in hushed tones... something about your organs and time running out A Hundred Gourds, 2013 the busker sings it better than the Beatles I s

hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! 27th May, 2026 poet of the month: Stacey Dye false spring tricks the larkspur to bloom… you tease me with the warmth of your words Moonbathing, Spring/Summer 2021 never again will your name cross these lips— some bridges once burned forever remain ashes the art of tanka, fall/winter 2023 to you I am invisible but surely you feel me— I am the win

hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! 20th May, 2026 poet of the month: Stacey Dye mottled pink and purple eventide gives way to starlit skies-- the nightingale rejoices Ribbons, Spring/Summer 2024 quarter moon— a cradle for the stars tilts and spills, sprinkling them like glitter across the night sky Ribbons, Spring/Summer 2022 undone by crushing loneliness I feather my bed with th

hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! 13th May, 2026 poet of the month: Stacey Dye these scars send memories flickering through my mind— souvenirs of a troubled life play out on grainy film red lights, June 2021 this flower moon waxes in the May sky… casting out everything I kept bound up all the springs of my life One Moment at a Time, Tanka Society Members Anthology 2023 always

hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! 6th May, 2026 poet of the month: Stacey Dye coloring outside the lines shades of gray and black— my shadow on paper red lights, June 2013 another day another test— life pulls thread after thread until I unravel Moonbathing, Spring/Summer 2022 dandelion caught in a current— wishes unspoken lost to the wind AHA The Anthology 2012 We thank Stacey

hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! 29th April 2026 poet of the month: Pravat Kumar Padhy Contours of Silhouette The red sun radiates a gentle warmth, and songs of nest-ward birds mingle with the muse of waves. Clouds float gently up in the sky, catching a glimpse of twilight. On the shore, she collects small shells and pebbles to build her cozy home with care. As evening falls,

hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! 22nd April 2026 poet of the month: Pravat Kumar Padhy Crown Shyness I came across the phrase ‘Crown shyness’ recently while reading a journal for children narrating the environment and Mother Earth. As such the tree remains one of my literary pearls. I often use a tree as a metaphor – Like a monk, it is determined/In its root of meditation

hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! 15th April 2026 poet of the month: Pravat Kumar Padhy her cloth soaked with tears… on the edge of curled green leaf the burden of the heavy rains Cold Moon Journal, 15 October 2000 (Ed. Roberta Beach Jacobson) Windrows You roll along the trails of forests, garden paths, backyards, and busy city streets. The melodic rustle down the hills s