Paperback, 6 inches by 9 inches
57 pages, perfect bound
$12.00 (40% discount to bookstores)
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Send a note specifying title(s) and delivery address to:
Dr. Gilbert Allen
Department of English
Furman University
3300 Poinsett Highway
Greenville, SC 29613
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KARNI PAL BHATI
Karni Pal Bhati, a native of India, teaches in the English Department at Furman University. He lives in Greenville with his wife, Raina. He holds the M.F.A. and the Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame.
At the site
where you disappeared
into the elements
mingling with ancestors
the ground was still hot
as if the cool April night
of the Thar hadn’t intervened
potfuls of water
turned into steam
rising at us in reproach
as we reached
for the ash-flowers
how the soles of my feet
singed for days after
I took it as just reprimand
for my absence
at the hour of your going
—Copyright Karni Pal Bhati
