{"id":10298,"date":"2024-01-09T23:26:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T23:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=10298"},"modified":"2024-01-09T23:26:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T23:26:58","slug":"the-old-dog-on-new-years-eve-by-vandana-kumar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/the-old-dog-on-new-years-eve-by-vandana-kumar\/","title":{"rendered":"The old dog on New Year\u2019s Eve by Vandana Kumar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The old dog on New Year\u2019s Eve<\/h2>\n

by Vandana Kumar<\/p>\n

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The old dog on New Year\u2019s Eve
\nSomeday I shall be like that old dog
\nThe one who has seen this city
\nIn all its nakedness
\nNothing interests him
\nHe won\u2019t budge
\nNo matter how many times
\nAnd which lady of illusions, strips<\/p>\n

On those nights of a fading December
\nI shall be that old dog
\nUnder a rickety bridge
\nOn the verge of collapse<\/p>\n

I shall smirk
\nSeeing fools lined up
\nThose who think world peace will be sprinkled on them
\nIn some New Year Eve\u2019s confetti that flutters down<\/p>\n

Someday I shall be that dog
\nA little too comfortable
\nWith that worn out rug beneath
\nAnd nothing shall push me
\nTo ask questions
\nFrom any regime<\/p>\n

Someday I shall be that old dog
\nNot chasing a new car in the block
\nSomeday I shall be stoic
\nSomeday I shall be wise<\/p>\n

Today the heart is open
\nWhimpering
\nWhining
\nYelping
\nToday the heart is open
\nAnd a New Year\u2019s window
\nWill let in the draught<\/p>\n

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Vandana Kumar is a French teacher, translator, recruitment consultant, Indie Film Producer, cinephile and poet residing in New Delhi, India. Her poems have been published in national and international websites, journals and anthologies of repute. She has been a part of seminal feminist anthologies like the Indie Blu(e) publication \u2018The Kali Project\u2019. Her cinema articles appear regularly in \u2018Just-cinema\u2019 and \u2018The Daily Eye\u2019. Her recent collection of poems \u2018Mannequin Of Our Times\u2019 (February 2023) – has been awarded the \u2018The Panorama International Book Award 2023\u2019.<\/p>\n

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