Feminist Studies

Rajee Seth It Can't Ever See—The Sky In the center of the four-sided cementness of the wall a window, fixed Bars in the window But, the window watches the sky— Its expanse of blueness. The window watches the play of the wind in every corner of the compass. The window watches the infinite. It's only the window which, unblinking, can see limitless skyness. But the sky—it can't ever see windowness. Translation by Arlene Zide and the poet Feminist Studies37, no. 1 (Spring 2011). Originally published in Interior Decoration:Poemsby54 Women from10 languages, ed. Ammu Joseph, Vasanth Kannabiran, Ritu Menon, and Volga (New Delhi: Women Unlimited, 2010), 245. Reprinted by permission. 212 ...