O at the Edges

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Two Poems in Kindle Magazine (Kolkata)

Posted on January 11, 2016 by robert okaji

The link to my two poems appearing in Kindle Magazine was damaged and readers were unable to access them. Kindle Magazine has kindly corrected the link to make them available again. These poems, with two others, also appear in the print collection Gossamer: An Anthology of World Poetry, published by Kindle Magazine this past December.

65 thoughts on “Two Poems in Kindle Magazine (Kolkata)”

derrickjknight on December 3, 2015 at 9:57 am said:

Congrats

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- robert okaji on December 3, 2015 at 10:04 am said:
  
  Thanks, Derrick.
  
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Tosha Michelle on December 3, 2015 at 10:06 am said:

Congratulations

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- robert okaji on December 3, 2015 at 10:18 am said:
  
  Thank you, Tosha.
  
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  - Tosha Michelle on December 3, 2015 at 10:20 am said:
    
    You’re welcome
    
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djgorena on December 3, 2015 at 10:24 am said:

Congratulations! That’s exciting to be published!

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- robert okaji on December 3, 2015 at 12:01 pm said:
  
  Thank you. Publication has always retained its thrill.
  
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rivrvlogr on December 3, 2015 at 10:54 am said:

Kudos!

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- robert okaji on December 3, 2015 at 12:01 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Ken.
  
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pfeifferphotography72 on December 3, 2015 at 11:13 am said:

Congratulations! That’s so awesome!

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- robert okaji on December 3, 2015 at 12:02 pm said:
  
  Thanks very much. It never gets old!
  
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voiceless2010 on December 3, 2015 at 11:52 am said:

Wooo, congratulations! 🙂

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- robert okaji on December 3, 2015 at 12:03 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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ronthroop on December 3, 2015 at 12:03 pm said:

Beautiful writing, as usual. You must have an archive falling out the windows of a warehouse.

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- robert okaji on December 3, 2015 at 12:48 pm said:
  
  Ha! I’m merely persistent. Slow. But persistent.
  
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  - Mary Tang on December 4, 2015 at 1:57 pm said:
    
    I like slow 🙂
    
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  - robert okaji on December 4, 2015 at 2:55 pm said:
    
    I’m much happier when moving slowly.
    
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Iris@poetsmith on December 3, 2015 at 12:26 pm said:

Congratulations, Robert. 🙂

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- robert okaji on December 3, 2015 at 12:48 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Iris.
  
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10000hoursleft on December 3, 2015 at 2:53 pm said:

Congratulations!

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- robert okaji on December 3, 2015 at 2:59 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Mek. I’m always slightly surprised and very pleased when something gets accepted for publication. Rejection is so much more the norm. 🙂
  
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  - 10000hoursleft on December 3, 2015 at 3:16 pm said:
    
    Here’s to life’s surprises 😊. It’s quite touching (i have agonised over the right word to use here) that you feel that way when the view from here is ‘what? Rejections? Did they even read your submissions??’
    
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  - robert okaji on December 3, 2015 at 3:45 pm said:
    
    Ha! I probably have a success rate of 10-15%, meaning I’ll receive an acceptance once or twice out of every ten submissions. Most of it gets published eventually, but it’s a slow process. 🙂
    
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The Poetry Channel on December 3, 2015 at 4:23 pm said:

Congratulations, Robert. It never gets old, does it? ☺

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- robert okaji on December 3, 2015 at 4:49 pm said:
  
  Nope. And I’m grateful for each one. Publishers have tough jobs.
  
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Luanne on December 3, 2015 at 5:19 pm said:

Congrats, Robert!

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- robert okaji on December 3, 2015 at 6:58 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Luanne. I’m really pleased with this one.
  
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thotpurge on December 3, 2015 at 8:28 pm said:

Congratulations!

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- robert okaji on December 4, 2015 at 8:10 am said:
  
  Thank you, Rajani.
  
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Illian Rain on December 3, 2015 at 8:34 pm said:

Congrats! Nicely done. 🙂

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- robert okaji on December 4, 2015 at 8:12 am said:
  
  Thanks, Illian. Much appreciated.
  
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trE on December 3, 2015 at 9:04 pm said:

That’s good stuff! Congratulations!

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- robert okaji on December 4, 2015 at 8:14 am said:
  
  Thank you! And please give Jernee a virtual pet from me. 🙂
  
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  - trE on December 4, 2015 at 8:49 am said:
    
    You’re very welcome! And, I sure will!
    
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micahlynne on December 4, 2015 at 10:42 am said:

Congrats, that’s incredible! Thanks for stopping by my blog 🙂

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- robert okaji on December 4, 2015 at 11:18 am said:
  
  It was my pleasure, Micah. And thank you.
  
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A M Werner on December 4, 2015 at 1:20 pm said:

Congrats!

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- robert okaji on December 4, 2015 at 1:39 pm said:
  
  Thanks!
  
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Mary Tang on December 4, 2015 at 2:00 pm said:

It’s about time 🙂

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- robert okaji on December 4, 2015 at 2:56 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Mary.
  
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  - Mary Tang on December 4, 2015 at 3:03 pm said:
    
    I enjoyed your two poems on Kindle: A chicken recipe with soul and a reflection on the ever changing clouds. So you. 🙂
    
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  - robert okaji on December 4, 2015 at 3:10 pm said:
    
    Well, I do think about the food I eat. 🙂
    
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Jeremy Nathan Marks on December 4, 2015 at 2:11 pm said:

It is great to know that you will be read on the other side of the world, Robert. Congratulations!

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- robert okaji on December 4, 2015 at 2:57 pm said:
  
  It’s interesting to contemplate, isn’t it? Thank you.
  
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Jonathan Caswell on December 4, 2015 at 6:41 pm said:

Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
ORT-ORT-ORT-ORT! (Or is it….”BUCK,ba-buck…BA-BA!!!….like a chicken would!)

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- robert okaji on December 4, 2015 at 6:53 pm said:
  
  Thanks for reblogging!
  
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  - Jonathan Caswell on December 4, 2015 at 6:55 pm said:
    
    Any time…you are most welcome!
    
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Blue Sky on December 4, 2015 at 6:42 pm said:

Congratulations!!!

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- robert okaji on December 4, 2015 at 6:53 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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Elusive Trope on December 4, 2015 at 8:06 pm said:

Congratulations. Well deserved.

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- robert okaji on December 5, 2015 at 10:21 am said:
  
  Thanks very much.
  
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Rob McShane on December 5, 2015 at 10:14 am said:

Congrats Robert! Way to go! 🙂

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- robert okaji on December 5, 2015 at 10:21 am said:
  
  Thanks, Rob. Much appreciated.
  
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roxhhh on December 19, 2015 at 8:35 pm said:

OUTSTANDING! so satisfying to see things in print, eh?

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- robert okaji on December 19, 2015 at 8:57 pm said:
  
  Always!
  
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leelah saachi on January 3, 2016 at 3:40 am said:

I would love to read them – have you posted them here?

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- robert okaji on January 3, 2016 at 8:22 am said:
  
  I’ve been asked to not post them for six months. I see that the link no longer leads to my poems. I’ll ask if that can be reset.
  
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  - leelah saachi on January 3, 2016 at 10:12 am said:
    
    thanks!
    
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  - robert okaji on January 7, 2016 at 9:28 am said:
    
    The link has been corrected, and you should now be able to read the poems. Thank you.
    
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lilly1949 on January 4, 2016 at 10:37 am said:

Congratulations!

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- robert okaji on January 4, 2016 at 2:17 pm said:
  
  Thanks very much.
  
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Mick Canning on January 12, 2016 at 5:13 am said:

Congratulations, Robert.

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- robert okaji on January 12, 2016 at 5:54 am said:
  
  It’s always a treat, Mick. Thanks very much.
  
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Sunshine Jansen on January 19, 2016 at 10:07 am said:

These are both so satisfying; there’s some proverb about a painted meal providing no sustenance but your alimentary odes give the lie to that. And I have to say, if I wrote the lines “trussing is essential / to the goal of proper / temperature attainment” I’d spend quite some time afterwards grinning at myself. (Well, I grinned reading them, too.)

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- robert okaji on January 19, 2016 at 2:53 pm said:
  
  Thanks, SJ. Trust the truss. Or something like that. 🙂
  
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