Poetry at Sangam
Poetry at Sangam showcases poetry in English and translations as well as essays on poetics and news of new releases.
“But who will take care of you
in your old age?”
is the only question Ma asks
that actually stumps me.
It’s the only one
I have stopped finding
reasonable-sounding answers to.
I lay down my arms with
“I do not know.”
Under my breath,
I still refuse to treat love
as a retirement policy.
But maybe it is just that.
Why should I stud it with moons and stars,
why should I bejewel a simple need.
Maybe all of life does come to
“but who will take you to the hospital
when you will fall down.”
I foreclose the thought
under a violet moon.
Akhil Katyal is a writer based in New Delhi. His second book of poems How Many Countries Does the Indus Cross won the Editor’s Choice Award from The Great Indian Poetry Collective and is forthcoming with them. His first poetry book Night Charge Extra was shortlisted for the Muse India Satish Verma Young Writer Award. His translation of Ravish Kumar Ishq Mein Shahar Hona was published by Speaking Tiger as A City Happens in Love this year. He was the International Writing Fellow at the University of Iowa in Fall 2016. He teaches Creative Writing at Ambedkar University Delhi and is currently writing his first novel.
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