Untitled - Azam Abidov - poet and translator

RANU UNIYAL
Ranu Uniyal was born in Lucknow, India, educated in
Lucknow, New Delhi and Hull University, U.K, where she worked
as a Commonwealth scholar. She teaches English at Lucknow
University. She is the author of book on Anita Desai and Margaret
Drabble. Her poetry collection Across the Dived was published by
“Yeti Books” in 2006. Her poems appeared in Northern Poetry Two
Lancashire, Femina, Manushi, Indian Literature publications, as
well as Fish and Snake poetry anthology published in Tashkent,
Uzbekistan. She participated in many poetry festivals and scientific
conferences in India and abroad.
Untold Story
To be able to write
you must have a story.
She burns his comments
with her smacking thighs
as if telling a story is a crime.
Birds on the raft hear her growl
and moan for the last page.
Somewhere in between
are the sheets full of
blood that she once swore
was nutritious as milk.
But has now turned
sour and blue
as if it was Putna’s milk
rushing through her veins.
Afraid to offend
she lets him read
and reject the lines.
She is not prepared to write.
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