Lunch On A Lazy Summer Day

A proud day for me today as I become a certified Seattle poet. My poem, which was selected for the 'Poetry on Buses' contest, got published today. The challenge was to write a 50 word poem on the theme of 'Home' and I dipped into a memory from my childhood to write it.

http://poetryonbuses.org/poems/parth-pandya/?indv=y 

Lunch On A Lazy Summer Day

Home was the surety of my grandmother’s hand

Rolling grains of flour into a ball,

Cajoling sweetness out of a 

Hot grumpy day.

Readying a meal for her emaciated;

The children, lazing on the verandah

The birds, hovering, for the leftovers

The Gods, waiting to be appeased.