Aash Ashitha is a journalist in Bangalore, India. She writes poems in Malayalam
and English. Translations of her poems have been published in English in Raed
Leaf-India journal and in German in Street Voice journal. She has a collection of short stories to
her credit in Malayalam. Her translation of ‘Mohanaswamy’, a collection of stories by Kannada
writer Vasudhendra, was recently published by DC Books, Kerala. One of her poems was
featured in the journal brought out by the Bangalore Litfest
So clandestinely does
the night sketch the night,
like the fingers of darkness
entwining those of the shadows
...
one day
you turn a fisherman
and sail out to the sea.
you gather rubies and pearls
...
The dusty door
Spreads her legs
And welcomes her inside.
The roots of thirst
...
Blue is not the colour, nor is snowy- white or sun-licked grey.
I paint the sky with water.
The tear.
The colour of solitude brewing in the eyes of a half-dead widow
...