The Countries of Sleep

By Indu Parvathi
June 22, 2023 /

The restless sink in their beds, they fitfully sleep. (Walt Whitman, The Sleepers)

Text of Indu Parvathi's poem "The Countries of Sleep"

Indu Parvathi is a teacher and poet from Bengaluru, India. Her poetry appears or is forthcoming in various literary magazines and platforms including The Yearbook of Indian Poetry 2021, Nightingale & Sparrow, Eclectica Magazine, Kitaab Quarterly and Eunoia Review.

Edited by Stuti Pachisia and Jerica Taylor.

The featured image was created for this piece by our Art Director, Meg Sykes.

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