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Spanish Banks

The grey sands
invite me to follow the
receding sea water
to recognize a clam shell
that could be the house
where my ancestors began.

I walk slowly with respect.

© Translation: 1990, Ajmer Rode
From: Poems At My Doorstep
Publisher: Caitlin Press, Vancouver, 1990

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Ajmer Rode

Ajmer Rode

Ajmer Rode is a Canada-based Punjabi poet, playwright and translator with five volumes of poetry to his credit. He writes in Punjabi and English, and his work has been featured in literary magazines and anthologies in Canada, India and the UK. In 1994, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the state government of Punjab.

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Spanish Banks

The grey sands
invite me to follow the
receding sea water
to recognize a clam shell
that could be the house
where my ancestors began.

I walk slowly with respect.

© 1990, Ajmer Rode
From: Poems At My Doorstep
Publisher: 1990, Caitlin Press, Vancouver

Spanish Banks

The grey sands
invite me to follow the
receding sea water
to recognize a clam shell
that could be the house
where my ancestors began.

I walk slowly with respect.

© 1990, Ajmer Rode
From: Poems At My Doorstep
Publisher: 1990, Caitlin Press, Vancouver

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