Chutney Music
paint the bones of irascible day, braided
light, sway of blue mist, island sunrise, yellow
bird perches on cordwood, migrant
wind, I become a sand house, half-closed eyes,
listening to musty ripe poems that hold doors
to the last deliverance,
tide untethers anchored night
a moon swims in the blue of my hunger
Smitha Sehgal is a legal professional and bilingual poet from India. Her poems have been featured in contemporary literary publications such as Usawa Literary Review, Madras Courier, Poetica Review UK, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Arkana, Panoply and elsewhere.