In Open magazine, Madhavankutty Pillai continues his occassional poems on news anchors. This week, his ode is directed at Sagarika Ghose, the host of Face the Nation on CNN-IBN:
Salutations, mistress of the echo
Blest with the force
Of eyes widening
until they greet the other
Of eyebrows leaping
like trampoline artists together
Reveal to us thy secret
How do you make
An answer’s last line
The next question
In the exact same words
Without a moment’s break
Goddess of ceaseless blinks
Queen-consort
Of the nightly misgivings
Anguished liberal voice
—notched up somewhat—
Guiding us from the rink
Loudest of the loud
We offer thee our ear drums
Partake it as oblation
Be generous with thy mercies
Rain down quiet on us
Shanti (blink) Shanti (blink) Shanti (blink)
Also read: Poems on anchors: this week Karan Thapar
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