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| Archana Bahadur Zutshi |
Dr Archana Bahadur Zutshi is a bilingual poet, translator and author of chapters in literary texts.
An accomplished poet, she won in several contests. Her four collections of poetry are 'Poetic Candour' (2018),'The Speaking Muse,' (2019), 'Careless Verse Whispers' (2021), Full Throated Stirrings (2024).
Culturium featured her on the occasion of Women’s Day and Poetry Day (March 18, 2019) and included 'Poetic Candour' in their collection.
Underscore Her
He refuses to relent or deter,
Debarring his third newborn daughter,
From entering the house.
In accordance to the dictate of the father,
Her frayed nerves she could not gather.
All night the baby was out in the cold,
Before motherly instinct could take a hold.
The baby survives the night
Blue, but she held on tight.
A baby did endure the rough night,
The mother understood the fight!
To set the score right she now
Underscored the baby's right.
A life not to squander, the woman surmounts all dilemma.
Frantic, out of her passivity jolted,
Her (their) birthright revived
Reclaiming her doting role, the mother boldly took a turn.
A woman occupies the spaces between silences.
She is like the breeze which touches and embraces.
A troubled mind's quest is her caress.
On the parched soul and sinew.
A young boy too with a smirk belittles a woman's quest,
Pitching on custom and family honour his rant in a disparaging tone.
When she fathoms her existence wilts on whims,
She must not whimper but fight the fight.
Like a queen she commands all attention.
Spirited, she spans and sprinkles like dew,
And when the sun scorches, she rises in vapours.
Once free to be her own,
A woman exults in her freedom to the core!
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