Poetry at Sangam
Poetry at Sangam showcases poetry in English and translations as well as essays on poetics and news of new releases.
‘the mother tongue is silence’
– Norman O. Brown
Not to be speaking my mind to her
but addressing a ghosts’ collective,
I ask to be connected, to bless her
for her gift.
Not the right time to hear Brown’s words
since he never knew
it was silence that killed what she gave
and never stopped dancing – over me, over her,
my mother, and tongue.
Adil Jussawalla was born in Bombay in 1940. He’s the author of four books of poems. His third book, Trying to Say Goodbye, was given a Sahitya Akademi award in 2014. He has been a language teacher in London, a lecturer at St. Xavier’s college, Bombay, and literary editor and columnist for several newspapers and magazines.
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