(Ravi Shanker N) lives in and writes poems from Palakkad, Kerala. Many of his poems have appeared in both national and international journals. His poems appeared in the anthology, A Strange Place Other Than Earlobes, and collection Architecture of Flesh. He is also a prolific translator of poems from Malayalam into English.
THE DECLINING ART OF HEART MENDING
Cannot deny that I have a brittle heart,
weak and fragile like thin ice!
As it happens with hearts
that are volleyed...