My work to be read with International Artists in Sydney- 30 Jan 6 pm

 Above opening on 30 jan...an A list of artists...my attached work will be read...i was invited to recite but away...Sardar who runs the space is Kurdish

A peaceful Time 1

a wet grey day

the black headlines

my black t-shirt ruined

i look at the double cream and yoghurt

in my fridge

the sad looking but bright roses in my garden

i pick the red roses and remove their petals

i nearly pick up the flat fashionable black plate

but don’t. instead the plain one

i begin to arrange each red rose petal individually

on the large flat plate

what shall I create? a circle on a square flat plate?

i start slowly

the yoghurt and cream in the fridge

i stop arranging the petals

and mix the yoghurt and cream together

i add a little saffron

As the saffron settles, the orange and yellow

colours emerge in the white of the yoghurt cream

i let it sit and bring some pink roses and their

leaves in

i think I will make a circle on the round plate

half red, half pink. and a few green rose leaves

the pink petals fall off easily

my favourite tune on the radio

luckily not blue

i am very satisfied with the petal circle

it makes me wonder

the petals wherever they are from, so flat

so fragile

my yoghurt and cream mix has strands of

yellow, or perhaps golden now

some white sugar crystals, a few

pistachios and the whites of a custard apple go in next

all mixed thoroughly

and then into long glasses, sprinkled with nutmeg

the height of the glasses with the white mixture

the flatness of the rose petals, around the bottom of the sparkling glass

a sparkle in the glass

A Peaceful Time 2

hot oil on a medium gold flame

gently place in it a cluster of black mustard seeds

hear the crackle, let the journey begin

white diced new potatoes go in next

white salt, red pepper, yellow tumeric

sprinkle, a teaspoon of each

a little white sugar. all mixed together

just enough colourless water for the potatoes to cook

cover the pan

let your mind rest for a while

those thoughts, let them pass over your head

my mind door is closed at present, you say

i am cooking a Gujrati potato curry

are the potatoes cooked? yes, if a fork

pierces through the potatoes

sprinkle some yellow orangey coriander powder

garnish with some deep green coriander leaves

squeeze a few drops of yellow lemon juice

look at the blue sky, breathe in

and slowly eat the flavours, colours with rice & bread

is your heart satisfied?

adjust as necessary

Bhuoen Thakker

Bio

Obsessed with the colour Light Blue. Featured in Glossy Artist Profile Magazine with the

poem "A Gay Widower". Featured in Eclat cookbook "Jennifer D'abo at Home".Top Billing in

Poetry series by the Ramsay Centre of Western Civilisation. Winner of NSW Poetry Sprint.

Highly Commended CJ Dennis awards.Three-time State Finalist in the Australian Poetry

Slam. 2016 Winner, Australian Multilingual Slam. Has a World Number 2 Blog post.

Performances at 2018 Sydney Biennale, Manly Art Gallery, Gosford Regional Gallery, South

Coast Writers Centre, Damien Minton Gallery, Don Banks Museum, Word in Hand, Satrang

a Sydney collective of cool folk. Diwali function at Planet Sydney for The Australian Asian Art

Society. Featured on ABC radio.Day Job International Finance. Novesl “A New Gandhi, a

New Monet and many others” "India in Balmain" free on blog

www.bhupenthakker.blogpost.com

Why these two poems?

In a traumatic life, an upsetting world, peace is a stillness away. Exploring these in everyday