My mother, the late poet and artist Kusum Shukla, passed away exactly one year ago on 20 January 2025. Please join me in commemorating her memory. Read also Peace (2025), written while she was ill and dedicated to her memory.
Such A Sad Day



My mother, the late poet and artist Kusum Shukla, passed away exactly one year ago on 20 January 2025. Please join me in commemorating her memory. Read also Peace (2025), written while she was ill and dedicated to her memory.

This poem is about friendship and loss, and the grief which comes with it. This is the second in a series of poems exploring different facets of friendship and love that I wrote back in the early ’80s. Compare this

My mother, the late poet and artist Kusum Shukla, passed away in January 2025 after a brief and serious illness. I wrote this poem while she was still alive, and I dedicate it to her memory. She was a role