Have the Floods Abated?

by Ananya S. Guha / December 13th, 2015

A nation’s hiatus
now the rains in Chennai
burning rains, Noah’s Ark
tears could not abate these
rains. The city became an outcaste.
Weep friends weep.
Weep for the rains, flood them with
your tears. Chennai is now silent
now sulking, now angry.
Only the blare of news is staring
her in the face. Pale, wan, emaciated
tears are ceaseless.
Have the floods abated?
Who causes them?
Man or God, or Wrath?
Have the floods abated as a city
goes to sleep again?

Ananya S Guha lives in Shillong in North East India, where he was born and brought up. He has been writing and publishing his poetry for the last forty years. His poetry has been published in both electronic and print formats such as: Indian Literature, Other Voices, Osprey Journal, Glasgow Review, The Literary Nest, Up The Staircase, Asia Writes, Art Arena, Praxis Online, Muse India, Your One Phone Call, In Between Hangovers, The Peeking Cat Magazine, Post Colonial Text among others. He has also written widely on educational and social matters. He has ten collections of poetry and his poetry has been anthologized in various collections of Indian poetry in English. He holds a doctoral on the novels of William Golding. Read other articles by Ananya S..

This article was posted on Sunday, December 13th, 2015 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.