From my room in Nocelle
Navneet Bhullar
Camilla Urso
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veiled in mist the Mediterranean is three km below
here the inky night spills
into my screen lit corner a grid
of webinar faces reading triptychs
a poem and an essay about waves in three summer spots one wrote
the other said her daughter’s ashes live in the ocean
ashes live in the ocean
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so you are right here as all seas are linked
Punjab’s rivers mix then run to the Arabian sea the Suez enters
the Mediterranean
nineteen years ago, you and I walked this lapped land
today I rode a bus to this village alone
then wet in half hearted raindrops
up and down stone steps to my homestay in the gloaming
a thick slice of lemon cake from the kitchen
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was to be my dinner for now
the village kitchens are closing as we stop
our meditations and I pen
words on waves above the waves I have just found you in
while this home’s door remains unlocked
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Navneet Bhullar is a global health physician and climate activist who divides time between Indian Punjab and Pennsylvania. Her poetry has been published in Cagibi, OpenDoor Magazine and Paddler Press and is forthcoming in Clepsydra. She also likes to write critical essays and discover new trails to walk in the mountains. She can be reached at areenmd@yahoo.com.
Meet the author: Navneet Bhullar
an interview conducted by Otherwise poetry editor Grace Zhou.
