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The introduction to Rukmini Bhaya Nair's Collection 'The Yellow Hibiscus'
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

For
the poets
who knew that if
all the poems in the world
were loaded onto the backs of trucks
and incinerated, no one might even notice for days
the death of poetry would cause far less consternation
than if the electricity or water taps were turned off all over
even for a few hours , and yet the poets continue to write
because they know perfectly well that trucks, taps
and all those other magical gadgets would
have about as much chance of existing
as babies without parents, if poets
had not first invented
poetry

Pooja wrote at 6:55 PM [ 1 Comments ]