Anju Kishore
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I have always been terrified of driving. That could be the reason why I am attracted to men who drive well. It’s not just the driving, it’s in the way he sits, how he holds his chin, the quiet swirl of his arms, also how his hand reaches for the gears and stays there, the way he looks backwards while reversing, his glance into the rearview mirror, and how he slides into a parking space. The man who steps out is unmistakably remarkable. And he has my heart.
all those pinpricks
in the galaxy are just that
i wait for a sun
to burst open the senses
lying in deep sleep
About the Author
Anju Kishore is a Touchstone Award shortlister and an award-winning editor of numerous free-verse anthologies. Formerly a finance professional, she has published two solo collections of free-verse poems, …and I Stop to Listen (2018) and My Conversations with God, Life, and Death (2025). Her poetry has also appeared in several significant anthologies.