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Today's poem is "[Even the oracles know]"

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Vandana Khanna, born in New Delhi, India, and is a writer, educator, and editor. Her third collection of poetry, Burning Like Her Own Planet, was recently published by Alice James Books in 2023. Her previous books have won the Crab Orchard Review First Book Prize, The Miller Williams Poetry Prize, and the Diode Editions Chapbook Competition. Her work has appeared in publications such as Poem-a-Day, The New Republic, Guernica, New England Review and The Penguin Book of Indian Poetry.

Books by Vandana Khanna:

Other poems on the web by Vandana Khanna:https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/zack-strait
Four poems
"Lost Tongue"
"Interrogation"
"Echo"
Four poems
Three poems
Two poems
Two poems
"The Goddess Reveals What It Takes To Be Holy"
"Sita Considers Her Rebellions"
Two poems
"[The suitors play make believe]"
Four poems
"Dear O"
"Suitors Know Best"
Four poems
Two poems
"Evening Prayer"
"After Developing"

Vandana Khanna's Website.

Vandana Khanna on Twitter.

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