A single poem, letterpressed on handmade paper.
by Meera Thomas·🇮🇳Kochi, India
Photographs of mail sent by One Poem Monthly
One poem a month, set in metal type and printed on paper made by hand in Kerala from cotton rag and banana fibre. Each sheet is a single poem — no collection, no context, nothing else on the page. Poems are the printer's own or, increasingly, work by other South Indian poets printed with permission and payment. Sheets are 15×21cm and arrive between two boards.
One per calendar month, from the creator
August 2026 · 4 days ago
From September this stops being only my own work. I have four poets lined up for the rest of the year, three writing in Malayalam and one in Tamil, all printed with facing translations.
They are paid ₹5,000 per sheet plus twenty copies. If that sounds low for a poem, it is roughly what a literary magazine here pays for twenty.
What went out, month by month
A poem in Malayalam with facing English translation. First bilingual sheet.
Printed the week the monsoon broke, on paper that would not dry.
Set in 14pt Bembo. Twelve lines, four hours of composition.
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