Looking for vegetables in Mayur Vihar market in the evening of all time and 5 other poems
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From ULR
Issue 12 – Gender & its Discontents
Single Mother
A weary soul finds quiet grace within, moving onward through life's falling chaos, still enduring.
December 15, 2024
The night breeze whistles at her ears
An unwilling listener of the dark.
Yoked to work, she leaves early.
Ten stops on, she is there –
At ease with the good mornings & how are you doings
Soft keyboard murmurings & empty blue screens.
Lunch is breakfast not eaten.
Last night’s dinner fills out like a half-moon.
She returns through the veins of the city
The kid is busy with homework.
Weary cargo, rice and potatoes, ferry across the table
Carrying muted scents of bone and home
Where clutter awaits a calm hand
Who can put it together, with a silent embrace.
Who knows grace is what you have inside
When the world is falling apart.
How one must keep moving
Even if the pan froths alone.
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Amlanjyoti Goswami
Amlanjyoti Goswami ‘s new collection of poetry is ‘Vital Signs’ (Poetrywala). His earlier collection ‘River Wedding’ (Poetrywala) was widely reviewed. His poetry has been published in journals and anthologies around the world. A Best of the Net and Pushcart nominee, his poems have also appeared on street walls in Christchurch, exhibitions in Johannesburg, an e-gallery in Brighton and buses in Philadelphia. He has reviewed poetry for Modern Poetry in Translation and has read in various places, including New York, Delhi and Boston. He grew up in Guwahati and lives in Delhi.