The Circle

<p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>This is an anthology of contemporary original poems and poems in translation from </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Hindi</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Sanskrit</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Urdu</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Marathi</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Persian</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> and polyglot experiments in </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Japanese</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> and </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Turkish</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> all are present and celebrating human verbal creativity in all its modes is the theme this year of </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The Circle</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>. All those belonging to this global poetry circle have each been on both a personal and collective journey of self-discovery sometimes in words and sometimes in the long silences in-between but always with authentic self-expression. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>This anthology is the poetic tapestry of a wide flung collective of poets individually and together embracing the idea of the unity of </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The Circle</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> to deliver poems to new readers and listeners that bring them a measure of what we each have found by writing poems that touch us every given day. It is with this intention of joy and discovery and wonderment at the world that we offer ourselves up to our unknown unseen readers.</span></p>