Jayakrishnan Nair
(India)
RASPUTIN
The politics
that
drips
down
after the
ultimate ejaculation
the rod of power
in ever-readiness
burning
royal justice
the sword
that revels in
blood
the catastrophe
that arrives in the form of
an arrow,
a pointed dagger
or a phial of venom
valediction
of
conspiracies.
– From the forthcoming collection of poems Dans Macabre.
PAPPARAZI
The vampire nails
and
red-tinged tongue
licking the
last drop of blood
off
the
reticent
subject
vulture presences
a zoom-flash
on the neck
that is
sucked fast
into the
quicksand.
– From TOTAL TATTOO: Tao/Avant Garde:2011
FEAR
Small
small
cats
are afraid of
big big rats
they gnaw
at their tail
in nightmares
bites of the lip hair
penetrates
sharp teeth
into the flesh
and
finally
ties a bell
on the neck.
– From the forthcoming collection of poems DANS MACABRE
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BIO
Born 1961; educated at the University of Calicut, Kerala, India. Holds BA and MA in English Language and Literature and MPhil in Modern English Studies. Has been teaching at the post-graduate level for the past 30 years and is presently professor and Head of the Department of English at NSS College, Ottapalam, Kerala, India. A known poet in Malayalam, a prominent Southern Indian language, in which he has published two collections of poetry. His first collection of poems in English is TOTAL TATTOO/2011(TAO BOOKS, INDIA). He is a writer, broadcaster and public speaker.