The Medley

is a twice-a-year literary journal run by the students of Hansraj College, University of Delhi. It is a repository of stories, poems and essays sent to us from around the world since 2018.

An Apology from DQ

    For Nadia

When I hide, know it is not from
you but from the great weight

of life. I am losing fur
at a pace I can’t fathom.
 
I don’t know what
ever is happening–

I have lost two brothers
and two houses

and thus when I swipe,
I swipe right at you

forgetting the claws
on my paws. It’s instinct, this self-

defense, this tenacity
that keeps me alive.

I dream of a time
when I can let you touch

me without calling
for the guards.


James Croal Jackson

James Croal Jackson is a Filipino-American poet who works in film production. His latest chapbooks are A God You Believed In (Pinhole Poetry, 2023) and Count Seeds With Me (Ethel Zine & Micro-Press, 2022). Recent poems are in Ghost City Review, Little Patuxent Review, and Pirene’s Fountain. He edits The Mantle Poetry from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (jamescroaljackson.com)