11/21/2020 POETRY: KUNJANA PARASHARCOSTAL ROAD PROJECT, MUMBAI A solitary polyp of a coral blooms silently in space. Zoanthids carpet the barks of trees like a fresh field of lichen. Out of the tetrapods, a bush of sea sponge falls like musk roses. Shyly, the barnacles unfurl like onions on chopping boards. In the dream of a Koli fisherwoman, her son tars the road with brittle stars. "Coastal Road Project, Mumbai" appeared in the Winter 2020, Issue 51 of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review. Kunjana Parashar is a poet living in Mumbai. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in Poetry Northwest, UCity Review, MORIA, Bengaluru Review, 45th Parallel, and elsewhere. You can find her on Twitter @wolfwasp.
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