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Poems of Love and Dissent

  • by Cafe Dissensus Everyday
  • Posted on February 6, 2021

By Gabriel Rosenstock
Gandhiji, oh look
see how downcast he appears
Hindutva’s to blame
         those loud-mouthed fanatics
         they should stay in bed all day

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Daybreak: Prayers for Prisoners

  • by Cafe Dissensus Everyday
  • Posted on December 27, 2020

By Gabriel Rosenstock & Ron Rosenstock
imprisoned, enchained
in the confines of the mind
these are the unfree
those whose hearts have turned to stone
            alone – needful of our prayers

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Liberty, a bilingual tanka

  • by Cafe Dissensus Everyday
  • Posted on November 2, 2020November 2, 2020

By Gabriel Rosenstock
Liberty, what’s this
it looks like a crown of thorns
do you bleed inside

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Book Review: Seosamh Mac Grianna’s ‘This Road of Mine’

  • by Cafe Dissensus Everyday
  • Posted on October 19, 2020

By Gabriel Rosenstock
This Road of Mine is a rollicking read from start to finish and the translator has served the author well – though I’m unhappy with a few phrases such as ‘blow your mind’ and ‘on a high’ which are completely out of register.

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Eleven Tanka Poems by Gabriel Rosenstock

  • by Cafe Dissensus Everyday
  • Posted on August 30, 2020August 30, 2020

By Gabriel Rosenstock
may the rain never cease
i take shelter in Your love
may it drown out all other sounds
            say my name once more
            may the rain never cease

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Poem: On the Arrest of Delhi University Professor Hany Babu

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  • Posted on July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

By Gabriel Rosenstock
Of course, you could release him
With strict instructions:
Professor! Teach Jane Austen only

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POEM: LETTER TO INDIA

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  • Posted on July 21, 2020July 31, 2020

By Gabriel Rosenstock
India!
Does the goddess Saraswati smile
When you imprison your poets
When, Covid-stricken, they hallucinate
Sitting in a puddle of urine?

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