Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla met poet Ishan Marvel outside Regal Cinema in early 2015. That evening he had shared his poem ‘My City is...’ with us. I meet Mr Marvel again. This sweaty afternoon we arrange our rendezvous beside Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin’s statue in Mandi House. This place is intimately connected to Mr Marvel’s inner life. “There was a girl,” he says. “Among other things, she introduced me to Pushkin.” Mr Marvel is reluctant to be photographed (again) but eventually agrees to my repeated requests. Glancing up at Pushkin, he says, “I'd never imagined something like this could exist in Delhi—this majestic figure looking into the distance, with crazy sideburns and billowing coat...