Vignettes of a South African Township called Mdantsane

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Eyestorms

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sardar shitole’s palace
was the last to be ransacked
by a sudden gusto of time
creepers ran taking over a ruinous
sky
i didn’t
know
even when you had left
its just a matter of moments
you said
stones only remember
the violence
of eye storms.


Poem and Watercolor by Amitabh Mitra

3 comments:

  1. Liked this very much! Amitabh, how do I "follow" your blog?

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  2. Thanks a lot Glory
    U have to sign in your blogspot.com and then just use the add feature

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  3. Its all there in that one line...stones remembering the violence of eyestorms...usha

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