Sakhi Awards Second Prize
Lisa Zou
Bowls After Shanta By Lisa Zou Ten times over— she says, if you say marriage enough times, it sounds like
rape of a nation
Anu Mahadev
brotherly love, neighbor, they say, overpowers all daughter of hate, scorn, i don’t fit into my mold babies are a
It Brings It All Back
Margaret O’Driscoll
It may be a bad-memory place or a livid-eyed face It may be a withering frown It may be a
Ekphrastic Poem 2
Subhashini Koundinya Iyer
Becoming Us In sunlit valleys Of joy,camaraderie We search,my sisters, I For identity For community Questions scatter On the
Ekphrastic Poems
Anupama Agrawal Goyal
Photo credit: sharplittlepencil.com We would like to share with you some of the poems written by the members of the
Eve’s Daughter
Dr Sarwat Zahra
Photo Credit: Vinita Agrawal Eve’s daughter I am Eve’s daughter, that’s my crime. On top of that—poetry!—the greatest crime. I
On Incarceration and Acid Attacks
Jhilmil Breckenridge
Image courtesy stamptoscana.it Lakshmi’s Eyes Only the eyes remain as they were. The rest of her face is ravaged by
Purple Bruises, Unconcealed Scars
Gayatri Chawla
Image courtesy Google. Poetry by Gayatri Chawla Hyperopia Outside my window cornflower sky, persian blue pottery on my kitchen sill