{"id":1419,"date":"2012-10-19T00:10:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T00:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2017-07-11T21:33:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T21:33:29","slug":"the-gone-by-amit-parmessur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/the-gone-by-amit-parmessur\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gone by Amit Parmessur"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Gone<\/h1>\n

by Amit Parmessur<\/p>\n

January afternoon after school<\/p>\n

Grandmother sick at heart<\/p>\n

Rain splashing and ringing like
\nblood-stained bullets on ground<\/p>\n

Grandmother’s blinking eye seeing doom<\/p>\n

Her words to me
\ngrass to a hungry lion<\/p>\n

Grandfather, lately, just a
\nsnowflake in her haggard hands!<\/p>\n

To grow three oak trees in farthest desert
\nHe once promised her<\/p>\n

Countless grogs swinging in stomach
\nhe slips<\/p>\n

He yells<\/p>\n

He flies<\/p>\n

Down ravine<\/p>\n

Neck gets broken in a drumstick tree<\/p>\n

Now, whenever the rain falls, it hits the
\nsill like the coin he gave me
\nwhen I was about ten and quite dumb<\/p>\n

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\nAmit Parmessur lives with his black cat and two cute dogs nowadays. Since 2010, his poems have appeared in over a hundred literary magazines, like Ann Arbor Review, Salt, Hobo Camp Review and Red Fez. His book on blog Lord Shiva and other poems has also been published by The Camel Saloon. Born in 1983, he was nominated for the 2011 Pushcart Award and lives in Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

January afternoon after school<\/p>\n

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