The Names of Georgian Women

  There on the sea sails wandered, And unconcerned by the heat Sycamores blossomed at leisure, Leaves for streets in December.   The market sounds intermingled; On naked heights above Basalt and snow wove light Into rainbow prisms.   A kiosk in the park by the seaside Stood empty and white and silent; The syllabled names of Georgian women Seemed to smell of grapes;  …

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Letter to Grandma – Kiran A. Thakare

Leaving you There in the jaw of cruel niyati thousands of miles away I came here to strengthen my beliefs and to return to fight your war my war at home.   Now three years have passed you wrote me “I am anxious to see you come home soon” I lied to you, saying “Aattya I can’t come home now I have some last moments’…

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