ah... yum, yum. A most delicious poem. i look forward to reading it again.
Jane
siva_ramanathan04 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
siva_ramanathan04 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
PURE FOOD FIT FOR THE GODS.
When I came to my husband's hometown
I saw for the first time old women
with gagged mouths, cooking
for the gods, in silence.
Their breath did not pollute the offerings,
nor their spittle sparkle on the dishes
only their arms moved
and perhaps their eyeballs. I thought
how unlike the witches of Macbeth they looked
for these women moved about with grace
their mind, fine tuned to the culinary art.
They also told me not all women could cook for the gods.
One had to be chaste and pure , like unadulterated ghee
boil like jaggery and rise like milk and they added
it will take you thirty years to graduate.
So I did the most simple silent cooking
made manna with words and said simply
in my heart of hearts
eat god eat. A poem. Line by line. Crunchy words
palatable punctuations, moulded meanings and tangy rhythms
a poem well thought out in silence.
Sivakami Velliangiri
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