NVN Sunday: THE LADDER
by Kavita Ratna
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The ladder against the wall leaves misshapen shadows, slanted in impossible angles. The rungs of the real and the surreal end in the middle of a blankness. Rising begins where the climb ends.
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Kavita Ratna is a children's rights activist, poet, and a theatre enthusiast. Sea Glass is her collection of poems published by Red River. Her poems have appeared in The Kali Project: Invoking the Goddess within, A little book of serendipity, The Wise Owl, Triveni Hakai India, Haiku in Action, the Scarlet Dragonfly, the Cold Moon Journal, Five Fleas Itchy poetry, Stardust Haiku, Leaf (Journal of The Daily Haiku), and Parcham.