Will
you? leave
me she asked and I answered will
you? Leave? Us? the partings the
ones that refuse to
tear sundering our
leavetaking unbearable waves
that threatenpromise to
drown forgetting easier
easier than unlearning
our loving learning
learning to unlove
again to
tip toe into hearts made different
made fresh made memory made less
than perfection made human made the
partings that
refuse to
tear sunder
our leavetaking unbearable
waves that
threatenpromise to drown forgetting
easier
easier than learning to un love
easier unlearning
our loving learning
again to
tip toe into
hearts made different
made
fresh made memory made less
than perfect made
human made Will
you? leave
me she asked and
I answered will you?
Naveen Kishore – Founder Seagull Books
Naveen Kishore is a theater lighting designer, photographer, poet, publisher and founder of Seagull Books which was established in1982. Under Kishore’s direction, Seagull has published English translations of more than 500 books by major African, European, Asian, and Latin American writers. In 2005, Kishore launched Seagull Books London to reach a wider international readership. Six years later, in 2011, he expanded the organization further, establishing the Seagull School of Publishing with the aim of training the next generation of publishers, editors, and book designers in India. For his contribution to publishing, Kishore has been made a Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2014) by the government of France and received the Goethe Medal from the Federal Republic of Germany (2013). In 2021, he was recognized by Words Without Borders with the Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature. He also became the first recipient of Cesare De Michelis Prize, awarded by independent Venetian publisher Marsilio Editori—in conjunction with the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice for outstanding publishing projects. Kishore’s works of poetry Knotted Grief and Mother Muse Quintet have been published by Speaking Tiger with the former being translated and published in several countries. (Information source: Words Without Borders, World Literature Today)
