Indian Poets

Conversation with
Tishani Doshi

The Fall 2021 issue features a tribute to Indian Poets. The world’s largest democracy is also the second-largest English-speaking population. We explore the state of contemporary poetry in India, featuring 16 Indian poets and a profound conversation with Forward Prize-winner Tishani Doshi. The issue also includes both cover art and a brilliant sestina by Aakriti Karun, a young poet who debuted in this year’s RYPA anthology.

The issue includes another exciting and highly-varied open section, presenting poets such as Skye Jackson and Stephen Dunn, covering a wide range of subjects and styles. From gorgeous haiku (“Five Haiku in Spring” by Deborah A. Bennett), to Rebecca Schumejda’s thoughtful narrative poem “Volunteering at the Avian Rescue Center,” to a laugh-out-loud-funny exploration of the struggles of fatherhood (Jeff Tigchelaar’s “Is There Anything I Can Do”), there’s much for everyone to enjoy and savor in this colorful collection.

The open section is full of familiar names and new faces, including two past Rattle Poetry Prize winners in Joseph Fasano and Alison Townsend, plus Jason Olsen’s long footnoted look at the celebrity apology.

 

 

 

	Indian Poets
	Ankur	The Long Sleep
	Tishani Doshi	Rotten Grief
		The Comeback of Speedos
	Amlanjyoti Goswami	A New Bapu
	Kinshuk Gupta	Crying Boys
	Jinendra Jain	Those Days
	Zilka Joseph	Gourami Fish Tale
	Kuhu Joshi	The Valley of Headstones
	Aakriti Karun	Sestina About the Color of a Missing Umbrella
	Pankaj Khemka	Traffic Stop
	Srinivas Mandavilli	Rain
	Sophia Naz	One Thing Happens
	Kalpana Pandey	Hymn for the Damned
	Ajay Sawant	Grassland
	Kashiana Singh	Miracles
	Tejas	#359, Ganga Hostel
	Pragya Vishnoi	She Had Some Sisters
	Open Poetry
	Sean Cho Ayres	When I Ask You to Tell Me What I Did Last Night
	Brendan Constantine	A Tour de Force
	Angela Decker	We See You
	Dante Di Stefano	The Day
	Joseph Fasano	Joe Arridy
	Tony Gloeggler	Aftermath
	Mark Jarman	Good for the Soul
	Salome Kokoladze	How We All Fall
	Marianne Kunkel	Reverence
	A.D. Lauren-Abunassar	Abandoned Sestina
	Taylor Mali	Horrible at Names
		Making Sense of the World
	Michael Mark	First Date
	David Mason	A Pestilence
	Jason Olsen	If Anyone Was Offended …
	Grant Quackenbush	The Last Poem I’ll Ever Write
	Stephanie Rogers	Fat Girl Trilonnet
	Marjorie Saiser	This Is What Life Does
	Michael Spence	Glad
	Sasha Stiles	Teleporting to the Motherland
	Alison Townsend	Burritos in Wisconsin
	Conversation
	Tishani Doshi (web)
	Cover Art
	Aakriti Karun