Author: Jyotish Gopinathan
Pages: 84
Year of Publication: 2024
Price: ₹350
ISBN: 978-81-979136-8-6 (9788197913686)
 
About the Author
Jyotish Gopinathan is a nephrologist, clinician-educator, postgraduate teacher and researcher. Currently residing in Kozhikode, Kerala, he has lived and trained in medicine in Mumbai and Toronto. He has been a passionate advocate of medical ethics, especially in the context of organ transplantation as well as gender equality, in addition to patient-centred care, particularly for older individuals. A photography enthusiast, he is a relative late bloomer in poetry, publishing his first book at the age of 52 years. He writes in English.
His spouse, Dr Kalpana George, is a clinical microbiologist and academician. They have two children, Abhay and Aman.
 
Teaser
Dreaming of homes
Nest, that cliche
the dream home, another one!
Who dreams in brick and lime
or polish and paint
or the contrived smoothness
of blemish-less walls.
I have long loved the notion
of sliding, through burrows,
moist earth and soft roots
enveloping the flesh,
A blind earthworm
probing on, seeking homes.
Returning to an old home
pure as a pregnant sea.
Where do I return to when
I am distilled, and sprayed,
scattered in torrents? Will I
be sucked up by hungry plants?
Will leaves be the new town,
the forest, once again, my nation?
Will I nestle among rocks, as
the inert dust, of spent things?
Contents
43 poems across four sections