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Prayer - Arundhati Subramaniam
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Andheri Local - Arundhati Subramaniam
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12 poems available

Arundhati Subramaniam is a celebrated contemporary female poet. Born in Mumbai, 1973, she recalls, from a young age, wanting to ‘be around words – listen to them, utter them, play with them, and string them into patterns’.1.  After gaining her…

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Cities - Sampurna Chattarji
Guided Tour

Lindsey Hilsum’s guided tour of her favourite poems on The Poetry Archive.

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All the goddesses I am not - Sampurna Chattarji
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Mother and Daughter: a duet - Sampurna Chattarji
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Dogs, Mobs and Rock Concerts - Sampurna Chattarji
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7 poems available

Sampurna Chattarji is a poet, writer, editor, translator, and teacher whose work propels through the boundaries of language and identity. With over 20 published works to her name, Chattarji has emerged as a prominent voice in contemporary Indian literature. Through…

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Catching Crabs - David Dabydeen
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Extracts from ‘Turner’ - David Dabydeen
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Coolie Son - David Dabydeen
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Coolie Odyssey - David Dabydeen
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Coolie Mother - David Dabydeen
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5 poems available

David Dabydeen (David Horace Clarence Harilal Sookram) was born in 1955, in Berbice, Guyana. His second name, Dabydeen, is taken from his mother, Veronica Dabydeen, who raised him, along with his maternal grandparents, after her divorce. Dabydeen regards his time…

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Poem 11 from ‘Gitanjali’ - Rabindranath Tagore
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Translations of Kabir and Nirala - Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
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Lahore - Arvind Krishna Mehrotra