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11Feb
25 comments on “Ghostwalker”

Ghostwalker

Posted by umashankaron February 11, 2012May 15, 2016in Poems, Such is Life25 Comments

  Standing on the untilled land, The wind sliding past my hairless pate, I proffer water with trembling hands And light the lamp of a withered fate. They said your soul will wail and wander On the breath and the…

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25Jan
40 comments on “My son, must I stay?”

My son, must I stay?

Posted by umashankaron January 25, 2012September 23, 2015in Such is Life40 Comments
Father

“I fear yours is no living soul. How could it make this distant flight? You came: the maple woods were green. You went: the pass was black with night." ~Du Fu / Vikram Seth The hamartia that ruled my father’s life was…

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