Poems by Sutputra Radheye

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(i)

the bird keeps coming back
to the tree that is dying 

why is it so hard
to leave what you once called home?


(ii) 

how many ghazals died
trying to teach you to love?

quite a few—
some were from kashmir
some were from gaza
some were from karachi
some were from delhi

yet you chose to repeat
the words dipped in hatred
again and again
every night

Sutputra Radheye is a young poet from India. He has published two poetry collections — Worshipping Bodies(Notion Press) and Inqalaab on the Walls (Delhi Poetry Slam). His works are reflective of the society he lives in and tries to capture the marginalised side of the story.

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