Eating Dirt Poem by Meena Kandasamy
Eating Dirt
her famished tongue feasted on dreams
and she catered to its cravings—
green mangoes clay cloying chalk
citrus soap crusty coal raw rice
crushed ice cubes crayons ash
powdered glass pickled garlic
salt sieved rain-scented soil
a son was born, he was fed
and he learnt to feed
soon he was caught eating mud
a son taking after his mother
a son inheriting her tongue
she tied her speechless moon to a millstone
and after some frantic spanking
she saw in his cloudy mouth
the truth of the three worlds—
sand everywhere, everything
turning to sand.
she tied her speechless moon to a millstone and after some frantic spanking she saw in his cloudy mouth the truth of the three worlds— a very fine poem. tony
An awesome imagery as also the poem. Well deserved modern poem of the Day.
A tongue in the third person so speaks as three worlds roll off the cloudy mouth, congratzs for poem of the day
Wonderful imaginary and imagery.The most impressive lines are....she saw in his cloudy mouth the truth of the three worlds—sand everywhere, everything turning to sand. Beautiful poem. Thanks and congratulations for being selected this poem as the morden poem of the day.
Muse! ! Speechless moon! ! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
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