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Litterateur
November 2020

LOADED MOMENTS

Amita Jayant Sanghavi

Amita Sanghvi teaches at Sultan Qaboos University in
Muscat. She holds an MA, B.ed, MPHIL, English Literature,
and MA TESOL (Lancaster University, UK).Her first book of
poetry is Lavender Memories( 2018). She is honoured as the
Ambassador of Poetry to Oman by World Poetry
International Canada:

In a crowded moment Freed from There, in that moment,
Of a ‘Doing’ me: A crowded moment Dreamily loaded,
A mom, Of a ‘Doing’ me: Divinely guided,
And then I move into I thrive unperturbed,
Almost ten other A new moment, I write.
'me's', A new me.
I pause, I break free: A new me In that escaped,
From just ‘ doing’ after That’s- Single moment,
‘doing’, Poetry-loaded. I relish, I cherish
Freed from Also a me, My multiple
‘SHOULDS’ and Smiling fully, Ways of Being.
‘MUSTS’, Almost at peace, In that un-heavy,
-‘ ISTS’ and -ISMS’- Yet loaded moment,
A dreamy me,
I slip out, Totally I find me
To write quietly. Enticed by possibility And
My multiple
Seeking in words, In a world so

My ways of being. transitory. Ways of Being.