Poems on News Anchors-III

Sagarika Ghose

Salutations, mistress of the echo / Blest with the force / Of eyes widening / until they greet the other / Of eyebrows leaping / like trampoline artists together / Reveal to us thy secrets / How do you make / An answer’s last line / The next question / In the exact same words / Without a moment’s break?

Sagarika Ghose

Salutations, mistress of the echo / Blest with the force / Of eyes widening / until they greet the other / Of eyebrows leaping / like trampoline artists together / Reveal to us thy secrets / How do you make / An answer’s last line / The next question / In the exact same words / Without a moment’s break?

Goddess of ceaseless blinks / Queen-consort / Of the nightly misgivings / Anguished liberal voice / —notched up somewhat— / Guiding us from the brink / Loudest of the loud / We offer thee our ear drums / Partake it as oblation / Be generous with thy mercies / Rain down quiet on us / Shanti (blink) Shanti (blink) Shanti (blink)

(Illustration: VIVEK THAKKAR)