Complex currents of history and geology run through this warm tribute to Sierra Leone The Colour of Stones I When you arrive in this misnamed country, come to the crooked hills; the fierce, verdant ...

Click on the link for a copy of Christina Rossetti's poem, Colour.

"I hope to see poetry and art by talented persons of color more widely distributed via TV, film, in commercials, at events, galleries, and conferences," she continued. "I love seeing books like The ...

I decide that I’ll knit the birds and the magnolia into a poem, Make their bond eternal. Simrita Dhir lectures at the University of California, San Diego, and is the author of acclaimed novels The ...

A sharply observed nature poem that is also a hellish pastoral towards the end of time Leaf Color A steely torn silver, rusted along the edges; the faint acidic yellow, like the backwash of a polluted ...

The voice that one comes across in Tanya Singh's slim collection of poems 'Blue is the colour I choose', is of defiance. Of someone who's had enough. Speak aloud a few verses from her collection and ...