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Picture of a lost man
23 September 2013
by Wayne Amtzis
The poetry of Manju Kanchuli addresses the absent other. The voice behind her poems initiates …
Sovereign woman
23 September 2013
by Wayne Amtzis
When a voice of assured affirmation anchors itself in an act of violation and violence as victim, …
Benju Sharma’s stifled expressions of revolt
23 September 2013
by Wayne Amtzis
The powerful cadence of Benju Sharma’s poetry cannot be ignored. The clarity of her …
Benju Sharma
(Nepal, 1947)
The eldest child of the Nepali dramatist Bhim Niddhi Tiwari, Benju Sharma has a …
Manju Kanchuli
(Nepal, 1951)
Born the youngest daughter of the Nepali dramatist, Bhim Niddhi Tiwari, Manju Kanchuli …
Banira Giri
(West Bengal, India, 1946)
Banira Giri was born in Kurseong near Darjeeling in West Bengal. She became the first …
The expanding realm of Nepali poetry
23 September 2013
by Wayne Amtzis
Banira Giri, Benju Sharma and Manju Kanchuli are the voice of contemporary Nepali poetry. At once …
POEM
BAD NEW GOVERNMENT
Love, I woke in an empty …
POEM
BELFAST CONFETTI
Suddenly as the riot squad moved in it was raining exclamation marks, Nuts, …
POEM
THE MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITION
Every time I step outside I bang my soul on an osteopath. When the phone rings …
POEM
1798
I met her in the garden where the poppies grow, Quite over-canopied with luscious …
POEM
A JAR OF HONEY
You hold it like a lit bulb, a pound of light, and swivel the stunned glow around …
POEM
THE WEASEL
That’s the way the money goes . . .
Trad. Up and down the London …
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