Fistfuls of Sunlight

 —Poetry by Jahnavi Gogoi, Ajax, Ontario, Canada
—Photos Courtesy of Public Domain

 

 

my infant grabs
fistfuls of sunlight
winter morning

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gardening
i nip an argument
in the bud

* * *

pickled mango
grandma reveals
another family secret 

 

 

 

windswept pine
i try a new
yoga pose

* * *

double rainbow
a chickadee sings
on my behalf 

 

 

 

monsoon
teaching her myna
a new word

Note: Myna: A kind of bird often kept as a pet, a part of the starling species. They can imitate human speech and other sounds.

* * *

failing memory
cobwebs wrap
the bitter cherry

* * *

one for the road
the epitaph on
his gravestone

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Today’s LittleNip:

a promise
to not meet again
garden snake

—Jahnavi Gogol

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Newcomer Jahnavi Gogoi is a Canadian writer and poet who started her writing journey in her youth and has been publishing poetry since her teenage years. She made her debut as a writer of children’s fiction in the year 2014 with Macaw Books India, and a second series in 2019, presented by Dar-El-Rateb, Lebanon. In 2021, she published her first full-length collection of poems, Things I told myself with Griffin Publication, India. Her poems have been published in scores of international journals and magazines, most recently in the 20th-anniversary edition of Muse India, as well as haikuKatha, Sense and Sensibility Haiku Journal, Poetry Pea, and Shadow Pond Journal, amongst others. In 2024, she was nominated both for The Touchstone and the Pushcart Prize. Welcome to the Kitchen, Jahnavi, and don’t be a stranger!

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—Medusa

 

 

 

 Jahnavi Gogol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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