Until I found you,
I wrote verse, drew pictures,
And, went out with friends
For walks...
Now that I love you,
Curled like an old mongrel
My life lies, content,
In you....

[From Summer in Calcutta]

(C) Kamala Das
04/27/2019


Best Poems of Kamala Das

• Forest Fire
• The Sunshine Cat
• The Old Playhouse
• Punishment In Kindergarten
• The Rain
• The Suicide
• In Love
• A Losing Battle
• An Introduction
• The Looking Glass
• Annette
• Words
• Winter
• The Testing Of The Sirens
• Relationship
• Krishna
• Summer In Calcutta
• The Maggots
• The Stone Age
• The Dance Of The Eunuchs