{"id":134464,"date":"2019-06-10T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=134464"},"modified":"2019-05-28T13:59:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T12:59:57","slug":"gnawing-hunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2019\/06\/gnawing-hunger\/","title":{"rendered":"Gnawing Hunger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>it rises to a crescendo<br \/>\nand then<br \/>\ngradually dies down<br \/>\nafter all, how long<br \/>\nwill hunger gnaw<br \/>\nhow long your<br \/>\nwill your stomach growl<br \/>\nit has its limits<br \/>\nif it does not get<br \/>\nwhat it wants<br \/>\nit will quieten down<br \/>\nsoon your exhaustion<br \/>\nwill overpower you<br \/>\nand your tears<br \/>\nput you to sleep<br \/>\nas you huddle<br \/>\nyour knees to your<br \/>\ncaving belly<br \/>\nyour raving mind<br \/>\nwill travel<br \/>\nin your dreams<br \/>\nit will go back<br \/>\nto caring hands<br \/>\nit will dwell<br \/>\nin imagination<br \/>\nit will revel in peace<br \/>\n_______________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Preeti-Tej-Singh-e1559047672769.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-129507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Preeti-Tej-Singh-e1559047672769.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Simantini-cover-preeti-singh.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-134458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Simantini-cover-preeti-singh-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Simantini-cover-preeti-singh-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Simantini-cover-preeti-singh-768x1026.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Simantini-cover-preeti-singh-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Simantini-cover-preeti-singh.jpg 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><em>Preeti Tej Singh has written two books of poetry: \u201c<\/em>I<em>\u201d (Sterling Publishers, Delhi), and \u201c<\/em>Simantini: (Boundless)<em>\u201d from Minerva Press; republished by Writers Workshop, Kolkata, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1094681636\" >now available on Amazon<\/a>.\u00a0An anthology of her Hindustani poems was published by Delhi Poetree. She has worked in private, government and academic institutions, and currently resides in Bengaluru, India. Preeti is an \u201cindustry analyst by occupation and a writer by choice.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 She has freelanced for some of India\u2019s leading English dailies, and writes poetry and prose in English and Hindustani. Preeti writes poetry \u201cto purge my soul.\u201dWebsite: <\/em>\u00a0<em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/preetisinghpoetry.blogspot.com\/\" >https:\/\/preetisinghpoetry.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>From her book <\/em>Simantini: (Boundless)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>it rises to a crescendo<br \/>\nand then<br \/>\ngradually dies down<br \/>\nafter all, how long<br \/>\nwill hunger gnaw<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":129507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[868],"class_list":["post-134464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry-format","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}