In Memoriam – Jayanta Mahapatra, by Sukrita Paul Kumar
Rooted in Odia soil yet boundless in reach — Sukrita Paul Kumar…
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From ULR
Issue 8 – Kindness
Homing
Prayer flags knot in foreign soil, where angels and devils feed on vibrant memories.
December 15, 2022
Tibetan refugees hang their prayer flags
Red, blue and yellow
In a string across roof tops
Fluttering with wafts of breeze
Blowing from their homeland Tibet
In the anguish of exile they
Twist and turn, get knotted
And entwined in rocky
Indian soils
And as in their homes
Reptiles and worms feed on each other
The same devils, the same angels
Buddha with the same benign smile
The same compassion
Offering sustenance
To the dispersing colours
In the nothingness of vacant skies
Bits of the Big Bang vibrate
Lingering as live memories of
Home before the Black Hole
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Sukrita Paul Kumar
Sukrita Paul Kumar A well-known poet and critic, Sukrita Paul Kumar (born in Kenya) was an invited poet and Fellow at the prestigious International Writing Programme, Iowa, USA. Former Fellow of IIAS (Shimla), and honorary faculty at Durrell Centre at Corfu, Greece, she has published several collections of poetry, translations, critical works and has held exhibitions of her paintings. She held the Aruna Asaf Ali Chair at the University of Delhi.