Wife of A Remittance Sender
Remittance. A repeating package of money sent by a faraway lover. A wife and her children wait for the sender’s return.
Abhay K is the author of eight poetry collections and editor of The Bloomsbury Anthology of Great Indian Poems, CAPITALS and New Brazilian Poems. His poems have appeared in over 60 literary journals across the globe including Poetry Salzburg Review, Asia Literary Review, among others and have been translated into a dozen languages. His 'Earth Anthem' has been translated into over 50 languages and is performed in many countries. He received SAARC Literary Award 2013 and was invited to record his poems at the Library of Congress, Washington DC in 2018.
Remittance. A repeating package of money sent by a faraway lover. A wife and her children wait for the sender’s return.
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