http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/03/14/poetry_friday_s/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/03/14/poetry_friday_s/comment-page-1/#comment-197413 Kurma Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:46:35 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5090#comment-197413 <p>Wow, that was a great poem and video. The feeling of perpetual temporary status (sometimes lasting generations), of not being able to put down roots, of having to leave at short notice, can only be painful. Not to mention that it must be multiplied when driven by misguided notions of racial segregation and ethnic cleansing.</p> Wow, that was a great poem and video. The feeling of perpetual temporary status (sometimes lasting generations), of not being able to put down roots, of having to leave at short notice, can only be painful. Not to mention that it must be multiplied when driven by misguided notions of racial segregation and ethnic cleansing.

]]> http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/03/14/poetry_friday_s/comment-page-1/#comment-196938 bombaygirl Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:03:53 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5090#comment-196938 <p>Really glad you started posting here! I love your posts and subject matter.</p> Really glad you started posting here! I love your posts and subject matter.

]]> http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/03/14/poetry_friday_s/comment-page-1/#comment-196928 Margin Fades Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:14:26 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5090#comment-196928 <p>Beautiful!</p> Beautiful!

]]> http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/03/14/poetry_friday_s/comment-page-1/#comment-196925 A DBD View Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:06:33 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5090#comment-196925 <p>That is an amazing poem. There is so much in there that captures the ethos of South Asian parents....the emphasis on education, the stoicness, the quiet yet very strong unconditional love....very beautiful and touching.</p> That is an amazing poem. There is so much in there that captures the ethos of South Asian parents….the emphasis on education, the stoicness, the quiet yet very strong unconditional love….very beautiful and touching.

]]> http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/03/14/poetry_friday_s/comment-page-1/#comment-196885 the desi dish Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:04:22 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5090#comment-196885 <p>wow, that was beautiful!! i definitely relate to the first part. i still feel weird sometimes using the word "love" to describe anything other than my latest pair of shoes. i'm curious to learn more about indians in africa. it's not a demographic i know much about. thanks for the post.</p> wow, that was beautiful!! i definitely relate to the first part. i still feel weird sometimes using the word “love” to describe anything other than my latest pair of shoes. i’m curious to learn more about indians in africa. it’s not a demographic i know much about. thanks for the post.

]]> http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/03/14/poetry_friday_s/comment-page-1/#comment-196873 nishad Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:19:17 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5090#comment-196873 <p>I saw Shailja perform in front of a small audience at a library in Berkeley about 1yr ago. To be honest Im not very knowledgeable in poetry, but I went to see her cause she was from Kenya. Her performance was so strong that you feel pain, excitement, happiness and all kinds of other emotions, in her poetry. I think one of my favorite was Drum Rider A Tribute To Bi Kidude. Here website www.shailja.com</p> I saw Shailja perform in front of a small audience at a library in Berkeley about 1yr ago. To be honest Im not very knowledgeable in poetry, but I went to see her cause she was from Kenya. Her performance was so strong that you feel pain, excitement, happiness and all kinds of other emotions, in her poetry. I think one of my favorite was Drum Rider A Tribute To Bi Kidude. Here website http://www.shailja.com

]]> http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/03/14/poetry_friday_s/comment-page-1/#comment-196857 khoofia Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:06:50 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5090#comment-196857 <p>tense/ the tale of sorrow flows over me / i look up/ am flummoxed/ i can not relate / and am excluded/ whither the anguish in my story/ i got all limbs/ both parents/ full pantry/ and no holes in my soul/ left by bigots or racists. do not shun me/ i scream/ but no one hears/ they are short of breath/ tumescent, flashing their headlights/ and they shun me. then i realize/ i am shunned - i am cast aside and am blessed with a story to tell/ it makes me happy to be not happy/ i belong. or may be not.</p> tense/ the tale of sorrow flows over me / i look up/ am flummoxed/ i can not relate / and am excluded/ whither the anguish in my story/ i got all limbs/ both parents/ full pantry/ and no holes in my soul/ left by bigots or racists. do not shun me/ i scream/ but no one hears/ they are short of breath/ tumescent, flashing their headlights/ and they shun me. then i realize/ i am shunned – i am cast aside and am blessed with a story to tell/ it makes me happy to be not happy/ i belong. or may be not.

]]> http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/03/14/poetry_friday_s/comment-page-1/#comment-196854 Sandhya Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:01:42 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5090#comment-196854 <p>Thank you for writing about this--I never would have known about her otherwise and that poem was beautiful.<br /> (PS--I haven't met to many sandhya's that spell their name the way we spell it!)</p> Thank you for writing about this–I never would have known about her otherwise and that poem was beautiful.
(PS–I haven’t met to many sandhya’s that spell their name the way we spell it!)

]]> http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/03/14/poetry_friday_s/comment-page-1/#comment-196851 Abhi Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:48:58 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5090#comment-196851 <p>More about her <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/001843.html">here</a> (see fourth pic down which I took :)</p> More about her here (see fourth pic down which I took

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