Poems

Troth with the Dead The moon is broken in twain, and half a moon Before me lies on the still, pale floor of the sky; The […]

Virgin Youth Now and again All my body springs alive, And the life that is polarised in my eyes, That quivers between my eyes and mouth, […]

We are Transmitters As we live, we are transmitters of life. And when we fail to transmit life, life fails to flow through us. That is […]

Week-Night Service The five old bells Are hurrying and eagerly calling, Imploring, protesting They know, but clamorously falling Into gabbling incoherence, never resting, Like spattering showers […]

Whales Weep Not! They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest blood of all, and the wildest, the most urgent. All the […]

Willy Wet-Leg I can’t stand Willy Wet-Leg, Can’t stand him at any price. He’s resigned, and when you hit him he lets you hit him twice.

Worm Either Way If you live along with all the other people and are just like them, and conform, and are nice you’re just a worm […]

Ghazal 1 (With English Tranlation) UZR AANEY MEIn BHI HAI AUR BULAATEY BHI NAHIEn BAAES-E-TARK-E-MULAAQAAT BATAATEY BHI NAHIEn KYA KAHAA PHIR TO KAHO HUM NAHIEn SUNTEY […]

Aubade JANE, Jane, Tall as a crane, The morning light creaks down again; Comb your cockscomb-ragged hair, Jane, Jane, come down the stair. Each dull blunt […]

Bells Of Gray Crystal Bells of gray crystal Break on each bough– The swans’ breath will mist all The cold airs now. Like tall pagodas Two […]