Chandramohan S

Chandramohan Sathyanathan is a poet from India. He is the author of poetry collections Warscape Verses (2014) and Letters to NamdeoDhasal (2016). He was shortlisted for Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize and the Harish Govind Memorial Prize. Sathyanathan coordinates English-language poetry readings in Kerala as well as a subaltern cultural collective; in 2016 Outlook Magazine listed him as the Dalit Achiever of the Year.

Portrait Of The Poet

Her hair Freshly harvested dreadlocks Unedited gospel of love Off limits to combs. Tresses like streams Of eternal fire- From the arsenal of her body. Poems conceived in a celestial tongue When stars align with cesarean precision. It is our own