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A Mid-Poem Riff

Each spoken word is a profound journey, connecting reader and poet in a shared meaning

December 15, 2022

Sometimes just a word
Is a commune of meaning,
Its utterance
The entire journey
From where you stand
To the mid-poem me.

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PART OF A COLLECTION

Mercy and 5 other poems

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Danish Hussain

Danish Husain is an actor, storyteller, poet, and a theatre director. He was instrumental in reviving the lost art form of Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi, which he later extended into a multilingual storytelling platform called Qissebaazi. He lives in Mumbai and runs his theatre company The Hoshruba Repertory.

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