Short Poem-6 Poem by Bharati Nayak

Short Poem-6

Rating: 5.0


Leaving the warmth
Of your own motherland
Your journey turned to a nightmare
Oh, how cold can cold be!

Saturday, January 29, 2022
Topic(s) of this poem: coldness,death,migration
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
A Gujurati family from India including a baby froze to death while crossing border from Canada to U.S.Perhaps they were being illegally trafficked to U.S.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
David Wood 29 January 2022

Desperate people sadly do desperate things.

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Ruta Mohapatra 29 January 2022

Yes, Bharati! Such a tragedy at the borders of Canada!

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Dr Dillip K Swain 30 July 2022

how cold can cold be? So sad...

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 03 February 2022

Liked the closure line.Very touching.

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 03 February 2022

So deeply poignant. So deeply moving. It is like the scene of a grieving mother whose child has been taken away from her due to sad circumstances.

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LeeAnn Azzopardi 31 January 2022

-30C

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Geeta Radhakrishna Menon 31 January 2022

I am saddened to hear this story. Migrating to another country in cold weather causing death is heart wrenching.......10

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