Where We Find Ourselves Poetry Reading
I had a wonderful time reading my poem A Man's Space, which was published in the Where We Find Ourselves anthology by Arachne Press...
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Mallika Khan
Mar 3, 2022
I love grey days with you (unhidden)
I'm scared to say that I love grey days with you. The clouds throw themselves across the sky. A blanket that can’t keep you warm....
Mallika Khan
Oct 5, 2021
Love Letters in Yellow (iii)
Lemon might be too much. It is lying in my fruit bowl for now. Slice it apart. Take what's inside only if you're trying to use it well....
Mallika Khan
Oct 5, 2021
I Will Not Die of You
pain and joy cannot be separated like tomorrow and today. so... i miss you. i would give you everything but the freedom to grow away from...
Mallika Khan
Apr 2, 2021
Queer Crucifixion
I do not know loss, but I have lost to God. Several times. Never by choice. Now, I hold my Queer under my palm. It squeezes itself...
Mallika Khan
Nov 16, 2020
Love Letters in Yellow (ii)
I was yours in yellow. In twinkling light. Barely, but bright enough for me to know the rouge in your cheeks. Switched off in the night...
Mallika Khan
Apr 7, 2020
The Back of the Bus
The back of the bus has ‘do not cross’ tape messily wrapped around the seats. The back of the bus houses boys with their cigs and girls...
Mallika Khan
Nov 10, 2019
Be Mine in Abstract
The early sun’s rays on the bedroom window makes for the perfect light box to trace from. I can almost outline her. The arms wrapping...
Mallika Khan
Sep 29, 2019
You Know It Still Rains
The house is struck with terror! Or it could just be the weather. The downpour slowly seeping its way through the roof. You could leave,...
Mallika Khan
Sep 17, 2019
Lesbians Are Not Real
Lesbians are not real, Peeping Tom. The ones that you find anyways, after typing 3 kisses (and your preference) into the search bar. Girl...
Mallika Khan
Aug 23, 2019
Love Letters in Yellow (i)
Fine. Use a bright pen that is last to be picked in the packet. May you speak your true feelings on paper and pray. She can’t see where...
Mallika Khan
Aug 15, 2019
If I Was Her Boyfriend
If I was her boyfriend I’d invite her to stay the night at my house if she likes. She would say, “Yes!” We’d grab snacks. I would...
Mallika Khan
Jul 9, 2019
Designer Melanin
The schoolgirls fan over my melanin like it’s designer. Why can’t I take the compliment, Ma? Is it admiration if they would claw the skin...
Mallika Khan
Jul 4, 2019
Silence
Silence; was someone I thought I didn’t mind He said he lived in the bath that perhaps if I held my head below water for long enough I...
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