Bio
Dr. Ajanta Paul is a poet, short story writer and literary critic from Kolkata, India who has been in the academia for the past 30 years. She has published in literary journals including Spadina Literary Review, The Pangolin Review, Poetic Sun, The Punch Magazine and The Statesman. Ajanta was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2020.
Ajanta Paul
Split Happiness
Fulfilment curdles like milk
In the old iron pan of the heart
That's borne many a fire.
The soft, spongy clumps of cheese
Coagulate like islands of hope
In an ocean of whey,
A teaspoon of rennet
Is all that it took to sour
Those trusted ties of love.
The integrity of ink
Would be a better drink
Than this split happiness, I think.