Poem On Demolition In The Name Of G20

Through 100 pages of 'Poetry as Evidence', Outlook presents a selection of poems and verses that have moved us, and we feel these serve as evidence of our bleak times and lives. The poem below is the 54th from the series.

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Updated on: 13 January 2024 11:00 am

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Farmers sow flowers next to the iron rails placed by the Delhi Police in Ghazipur (Delhi-UP border) in 2021

A woman squats
As she sifts

Through a pile
of bricks –

Yesterday
This was her home.

Hamraazraaz1950, Anonymous

(Hamraazraaz1950 is an anonymous poet on Instagram who has amassed a community of 1,500 followers for their poems about instances of oppression at the hands of the government. They share poems on their Instagram page that almost appear as daily news, but in a poetry format.)