Prathibha Nandakumar Poems

If you are searching for that poem written especially for you
you have to remember that writing poems

is like drinking coffee
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Commissioned to write a book on traditional cooking
Returning home very late one night I stop at the bakers to
Pick up a loaf of bread. The familiar octogenarian
struggling with the shutter halts, gets in again to
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Why is it that a yes
is a simple yes
and a no is a life time of
self denial, doubt, regret
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Marriage is more lonely than solitude
- Adrienne Rich
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Ah! To leap from a cliff
into an abyss,
marking the graduation from
discipline to a Nagual of knowledge,
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When I was grouping for new poem
for the poetry festival,
poems danced all over the house:
in nooks and corners, in bed,
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I offer you this space to build,

or destroy, demolish, demark,
deconstruct, demystify, design, designate
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How long can the hide and seek go on?
The net is cast everyday and soon
you will be `it'.
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Gas cooker mixer grinder toaster grater heater peeler washer
The housewife is the main consumer
Today’s show windows are tomorrow’s must have kitchens
Cleaned rice dhal all packed powdered boiled baked dried
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Showing the telegram helped to get a seat in the over crowded train.
Pushing the old gate with one leg and walking in was so
very like old times. But there was a fire in front of the door
One of the death rituals. Eyes stared.
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