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From the archives: Nomad

POSTED ON July 31, 2012 BY Maria Schamis Turner

For the rest of the summer, we will be highlighting pieces from the carte blanche archives.

Here is Nomad by Rachna Vora from Issue 8.

I am the daughter who left
Old parents planting seeds of
Stay
I partitioned their country
And placed a border between us
Like Hindus turning on Muslims turning on Hindus
We hope that our distance is not circular

Click here to read the whole poem.

Rachna Vohra is a Montreal-born poet, writer, and spoken word artist. Her published works include "The Distance Within" and "The Acorn and the Caterpillar", and her poetry has been featured in Inscribed; The Pedestal Magazine; Cahoots Magazine; and is forthcoming in Panoply.