Arundhati Roy wrote a book that won the Booker
It was her only book her only Booker
Then
Roy wrote no more books
No more Booker
This is what makes us sad
Makes us think that her god
Has forgotten her things
This prayer is for her god
May he remember
The small things he saw
When he was the god
Who shared it bigger
Written 2013
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wow…powerful punch in this…not praying for them, but for their god to once more take notice….
Thanks, Brian!
The god might still bless us with more of her words… but the curse of a big prize sometimes exist… hard to follow up on that.
Very true, Bjorn. But one can still hope!
Ana – beautiful poem. You like Roy? I loved this book a lot when I read it.
Thanks so much! It is one of my top 5 favorite books.
If I won a huge prize for my writing, I think I would find it hard to follow up with something else. I think I would write under another name! A great, short, powerful poem.
Oh what an interesting take!Sometimes it is disappointing to see our favourite people-celebrity or not-fall by the side and not reach their possible full potential:-)
For me it’s mostly just frustrated because I want to read more of her amazing writing!
Thank you for reading and commenting!
🙂 Maybe someday she will.Have you read Jhumpa Lahiri?She is amazing too
No. I will definitely look her up. Thanks!
:-)Her “Unaccustomed Earth”-a collection of short stories is a good point to start with-I think it is available in pdf format on the net-happy reading