Nishi Pulugurtha is an academic
and writer based in Kolkata. Her publications include a monograph on Derozio (2010), a collection of essays
on travel, Out in the Open (2019), an
edited volume of essays on travel, Across
and Beyond (2020) and a volume of poems, The Real and the Unreal and Other Poems (2020). Her recent book is
a collection of short stories, The Window
Sill (2021) and a second volume of poems is forthcoming from Writers
Workshop, Kolkata.
Noises from the Dark
a whirring that becomes a jarring
as the varied noises break the silence of the dark
the nose of quietness
a stillness that lingers
to be broken by the sounds
that seem to groan
machine sounds
a halt –
a pause –
and then they break through again
a chain, a rhythm
hmm grrn grrr hmm
not like this
they are different
as they go on
a whirring, perhaps.
And then stillness
that soothes
a quietness that comforts
to last for a while
till the sounds begin to trouble
the struggles continue.
***
The red blooms that seem to smile
a branch cut off
from the tree that has now been chopped off
to clear some space
to clean up things
the broken stem still there
rooted – in hope I want to think
that branch, now grown
shades of green
moistened
with a few small buds
awaiting as they turn big
two flowers
one above and a little to the right
holding on against the concrete
wall behind
the broken plastic bucket
edges jarred
faded colours
and the three cats atop that wall
in the winter sun.
***
Humdrum
the light slowly comes in,
a little at a time
and what was dark and unseen,
slowly become clear
the mist still lingers on
for a little while longer
the moaning of the black dog
as the breeze disturbs its quiet sleep
breaks the silence for a while
and then a silence that calms
as redness shrouds the white peaks
a gentle flutter of the plastic on the hut in the distance
and some smoke that moves upwards
to get lost
Humdrum . . .
***
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