Summers are magical in Calgary, the Canadian city I have called home for the past twenty-five years. The city is transformed from the ha ...
Kavita Ezekiel
Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca was born and raised in a Jewish family in Mumbai. She was educated in Mumbai, with Masters’ Degrees in English and Education, from India and the U.K. Her career spanned over four decades, teaching English, French and Spanish. Her first book, Family Sunday and Other Poems was published in 1989. Her poems have appeared in various publications. Kavita is the daughter of the late poet, Nissim Ezekiel.
If you think that culture shock is something you get only when you move to another country, think again! 1982 was a memorable year. I ha ...
I am a lover of imperfections Drawn to the rugged arches of My backyard patio And the haphazard petunias In the rough black window boxes. I ...
Bird love As I write these pieces, Spring is not quite fully in the air, but close enough. It arrives later in my city, here in Canada. The freezing ...
Father’s mantra ‘Peace at all costs’ Calmed our sibling quarrels Our petty squabbles soon forgotten We resumed our play with dolls and toys. ‘ ...
The poem bears the same title as the late poet Nissim Ezekiel’s poem and is a take on it. To force the winged creatures to be still For an en ...
I am aloneAnd you are aloneSo why can’t we be alone together? (Opening lines of the poem ‘Acceptance’ by Nissim Ezekiel) The Pandemic has not le ...
It was Holi, a joyful and colourful Indian festival marking the arrival of the Spring harvest, celebrated with crowds of people joyfully rubbin ...
It has been raining continuously for three days, but it feels like it has rained forty days and forty nights. An image of Noah’s Ark f ...
