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This poem is quite close to my heart, and I think when you will listen to it you will find out the truth spoken through it. 

#About the Poet

Monalisa Joshi is a writer and a poetess. As much she loves to write poetry, she also relishes in writing prose and fiction. She is presently working on one of her fiction book and writes poetry more often. She enjoys blogging and is quite active on social media platforms. She is an active member of an International poetry group called ‘The Awakening poets’ and also can be found on Face book and Twitter. Much of her writings and poetry are showcased in her blogs and can be visited at https://monalisajoshi105.wordpress.com/ and http://monalisa-wwwlisa.blogspot.in/. With a Major in English Literature she feels deeply inspired by Elizabethan poetry and Victorian women poet like Christina Rossetti and thus loves writing ballads and folklores. She is the Founder, Director and Chief Editor of a digital Indian Journal called ‘Chrysanthemum Chronicles’ and finds time for her writing amid the homely chores, her two sons, her husband and a beautiful family life.

She won third position in a short story contest held by Story Mirror in the year 2016 in the English Category. First position in writing a long poem held by the Enigmatic Magazine, and in the year 2018 her name was recognized among the top fifty winners under the prompt given by Author Anand Neelakantan of Bahubali fame organised by the Write India Contest, Times of India. She had won third place in Word Smith Award in a Short Story Contest organised by Asian Literary Society in the year 2019. In 2014 her first poetry book “Stirring Spoonful of Emotions” was published by Cyberwit Publishers. In 2018 her second book of Poems and Musings with the title “Terracotta Dreams” was published by ‘Become Shakespeare’ and her third poetry book “The Devil’s Wife With Words Beneath her Cranium” was published in the year 2019 by Authorspress. She has an Audio Novel to her credit called ‘Calcutta Pudding’ which received great appreciation from the literary fraternity in India.

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Women are the subject of most of my poems; I tend to portray with ease their clandestine and confined emotions, unsaid words and somewhere their suppressed voices from patriarchy. As Dr. Santosh Bakaya has rightly said in the Foreword for this poem of mine, this is an allegorical poem with hidden meanings and answers in the varied layers of it. This poem is from the anthology Arising from the Dust, that I proudly am part of and is one of the participating writers among the gem of some other brilliant writers. Published by Archaic House this is Meera Barath’s grand venture that she took a year back and the book is her curative effort.

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Monalisa Joshi is a writer and a poetess. As much she loves to write poetry, she also relishes in writing prose and fiction. She is presently working on one of her fiction book and writes poetry more often. She enjoys blogging and is quite active on social media platforms. She is an active member of an International poetry group called ‘The Awakening poets’ and also can be found on Face book and Twitter. Much of her writings and poetry are showcased in her blogs and can be visited at https://monalisajoshi105.wordpress.com/ and http://monalisa-wwwlisa.blogspot.in/. With a Major in English Literature she feels deeply inspired by Elizabethan poetry and Victorian women poet like Christina Rossetti and thus loves writing ballads and folklores. She is the Founder, Director and Chief Editor of a digital Indian Journal called ‘Chrysanthemum Chronicles’ and finds time for her writing amid the homely chores, her two sons, her husband and a beautiful family life.

She won third position in a short story contest held by Story Mirror in the year 2016 in the English Category. First position in writing a long poem held by the Enigmatic Magazine, and in the year 2018 her name was recognized among the top fifty winners under the prompt given by Author Anand Neelakantan of Bahubali fame organised by the Write India Contest, Times of India. She had won third place in Word Smith Award in a Short Story Contest organised by Asian Literary Society in the year 2019. In 2014 her first poetry book “Stirring Spoonful of Emotions” was published by Cyberwit Publishers. In 2018 her second book of Poems and Musings with the title “Terracotta Dreams” was published by ‘Become Shakespeare’ and her third poetry book “The Devil’s Wife With Words Beneath her Cranium” was published in the year 2019 by Authorspress. She has an Audio Novel to her credit called ‘Calcutta Pudding’ which received great appreciation from the literary fraternity in India.

The poem I have read here is very close to my heart. I have grown up seeing myriad women looking the most beautiful in their ordinary avatar when they were running errands and they were busy cooking. How the confines in which they lived in meant the whole world to them. And when did I grow up and became one of those women reflecting the lineage. This is my tribute to all the beautiful women who do so much and yet expect so less in return. Their family is their whole world and they are the true Goddesses in every sense. Come let’s hear out this Satirical poem on the lives my Indian Women which will resonate with many of you out there.

I am Monalisa Joshi and you are listening to Poetry Closet and today I am reading my poem ‘Indian Goddesses of the Kitchen’ from my Published poetry Anthology ‘Terracotta Dreams’ available worldwide on Amazon. 

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Monalisa Joshi is a writer and a poetess. As much she loves to write poetry, she also relishes in writing prose and fiction. She is presently working on one of her fiction book and writes poetry more often. She enjoys blogging and is quite active on social media platforms. She is an active member of an International poetry group called ‘The Awakening poets’ and also can be found on Face book and Twitter. Much of her writings and poetry are showcased in her blogs and can be visited at https://monalisajoshi105.wordpress.com/ and http://monalisa-wwwlisa.blogspot.in/. With a Major in English Literature she feels deeply inspired by Elizabethan poetry and Victorian women poet like Christina Rossetti and thus loves writing ballads and folklores. She is the Founder, Director and Chief Editor of a digital International Journal called ‘Chrysanthemum Chronicles’ and finds time for her writing amid the homely chores, her two sons, her husband and a beautiful family life.

She won third position in a short story contest held by Story Mirror in the year 2016 in the English Category. First position in writing a long poem held by the Enigmatic Magazine, and in the year 2018 her name was recognized among the top fifty winners under the prompt given by Author Anand Neelakantan of Bahubali fame organised by the Write India Contest, Times of India. She had won third place in Word Smith Award in a Short Story Contest organised by Asian Literary Society in the year 2019. In 2014 her first poetry book “Stirring Spoonful of Emotions” was published by Cyberwit Publishers. In 2018 her second book of Poems and Musings with the title “Terracotta Dreams” was published by ‘Become Shakespeare’ and her third poetry book “The Devil’s Wife With Words Beneath her Cranium” was published in the year 2019 by Authorspress. She has an Audio Novel to her credit called ‘Calcutta Pudding’ which received much appreciation from the literary fraternity in India.

Moina still feels like a new bride whenever her husband brings for her a new Silk Sari, she wants to leave all the humdrums of her life and want to spend the moments within his arms. He too keenly waits for her to adorn the Silk over her body and come to him timid and shy just like the first time he had seen her and how much pride he feels to have her as his wife.

This is the second part of a love tale set in a rural backdrop, where an ordinary woman Moina lives with her lover and their world is perfect for the two of them.

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Monalisa Joshi is a writer and a poetess. As much she loves to write poetry, she also relishes in writing prose and fiction. She is presently working on one of her fiction book and writes poetry more often. She enjoys blogging and is quite active on social media platforms. She is an active member of an International poetry group called ‘The Awakening poets’ and also can be found on Face book and Twitter. Much of her writings and poetry are showcased in her blogs and can be visited at https://monalisajoshi105.wordpress.com/ and http://monalisa-wwwlisa.blogspot.in/. With a Major in English Literature she feels deeply inspired by Elizabethan poetry and Victorian women poet like Christina Rossetti and thus loves writing ballads and folklores. She is the Founder, Director and Chief Editor of a digital International Journal called ‘Chrysanthemum Chronicles’ and finds time for her writing amid the homely chores, her two sons, her husband and a beautiful family life.

She won third position in a short story contest held by Story Mirror in the year 2016 in the English Category. First position in writing a long poem held by the Enigmatic Magazine, and in the year 2018 her name was recognized among the top fifty winners under the prompt given by Author Anand Neelakantan of Bahubali fame organised by the Write India Contest, Times of India. She had won third place in Word Smith Award in a Short Story Contest organised by Asian Literary Society in the year 2019. In 2014 her first poetry book “Stirring Spoonful of Emotions” was published by Cyberwit Publishers. In 2018 her second book of Poems and Musings with the title “Terracotta Dreams” was published by ‘Become Shakespeare’ and her third poetry book “The Devil’s Wife With Words Beneath her Cranium” was published in the year 2019 by Authorspress. She has an Audio Novel to her credit called ‘Calcutta Pudding’ which received much appreciation from the literary fraternity in India.

The earth is a place where myriad lovers come and leave their tales of love for their future generations to come and listen to. Each love story is different and intrigues, but the one element that remains the same is the longing for each other. Lovers unite and make the most beautiful moments of their lives. This poem which is written in three parts, the first part takes you to the magical tale of two earthly lovers. Set in a rural backdrop you will see a woman being coy, yet assertive in taking care of her lover’s need. Come let me take you to the world of Moina, a simple rural woman and her love tale in ‘Nine Yards of Love’.

Monalisa Joshi is a writer and a poetess. As much she loves to write poetry, she also relishes in writing prose and fiction. She is presently working on one of her fiction book and writes poetry more often. She enjoys blogging and is quite active on social media platforms. She is an active member of an International poetry group called ‘The Awakening poets’ and also can be found on Face book and Twitter. Much of her writings and poetry are showcased in her blogs and can be visited at https://monalisajoshi105.wordpress.com/ and http://monalisa-wwwlisa.blogspot.in/. With a Major in English Literature she feels deeply inspired by Elizabethan poetry and Victorian women poet like Christina Rossetti and thus loves writing ballads and folklores. She is the Founder, Director and Chief Editor of a digital International Journal called ‘Chrysanthemum Chronicles’ and finds time for her writing amid the homely chores, her two sons, her husband and a beautiful family life.

She won third position in a short story contest held by Story Mirror in the year 2016 in the English Category. First position in writing a long poem held by the Enigmatic Magazine, and in the year 2018 her name was recognized among the top fifty winners under the prompt given by Author Anand Neelakantan of Bahubali fame organised by the Write India Contest, Times of India. She had won third place in Word Smith Award in a Short Story Contest organised by Asian Literary Society in the year 2019. In 2014 her first poetry book “Stirring Spoonful of Emotions” was published by Cyberwit Publishers. In 2018 her second book of Poems and Musings with the title “Terracotta Dreams” was published by ‘Become Shakespeare’ and her third poetry book “The Devil’s Wife With Words Beneath her Cranium” was published in the year 2019 by Authorspress. She has an Audio Novel to her credit called ‘Calcutta Pudding’ which received much appreciation from the literary fraternity in India.

Home is a word that comforts us, home is a word that reminds us of who we are and where we have to come in the end. And a home filled with love of a lover, you would want to again and again come back from all that keeps you busy in the outside world. The place where you belong and will wither away from! A place where you make beautiful moments and memories of life. A poem dedicated to this homebound feeling, ‘Take me Home’.

Monalisa Joshi is a writer and a poetess. As much she loves to write poetry, she also relishes in writing prose and fiction. She is presently working on one of her fiction book and writes poetry more often. She enjoys blogging and is quite active on social media platforms. She is an active member of an International poetry group called ‘The Awakening poets’ and also can be found on Face book and Twitter. Much of her writings and poetry are showcased in her blogs and can be visited at https://monalisajoshi105.wordpress.com/ and http://monalisa-wwwlisa.blogspot.in/. With a Major in English Literature she feels deeply inspired by Elizabethan poetry and Victorian women poet like Christina Rossetti and thus loves writing ballads and folklores. She is the Founder, Director and Chief Editor of a digital International Journal called ‘Chrysanthemum Chronicles’ and finds time for her writing amid the homely chores, her two sons, her husband and a beautiful family life.

She won third position in a short story contest held by Story Mirror in the year 2016 in the English Category. First position in writing a long poem held by the Enigmatic Magazine, and in the year 2018 her name was recognized among the top fifty winners under the prompt given by Author Anand Neelakantan of Bahubali fame organised by the Write India Contest, Times of India. She had won third place in Word Smith Award in a Short Story Contest organised by Asian Literary Society in the year 2019. In 2014 her first poetry book “Stirring Spoonful of Emotions” was published by Cyberwit Publishers. In 2018 her second book of Poems and Musings with the title “Terracotta Dreams” was published by ‘Become Shakespeare’ and her third poetry book “The Devil’s Wife With Words Beneath her Cranium” was published in the year 2019 by Authorspress. She has an Audio Novel to her credit called ‘Calcutta Pudding’ which received much appreciation from the literary fraternity in India.