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13th February, 2026

Friday Poem – ‘For the Origin’ by Rupinder Kaur Waraich

Close up photo of a tiger raising its head to look at the sky.

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘For the Origin’ by Rupinder Kaur Waraich from her new collection Tigress with Wings.

For the Origin i. when the tigress begins to fly the bulbul will wear a blue kameez sit on the rooftop of Noor Mahaal watching a hundred women all with the same orange, mustard kameez purple salwars but no shoes they will disappear into the clouds while two lovers remain on the grass ii. it is past midnight hands reach for the chest hands and feet with red alta in the back of the street where no one can see and sitars can sneak in with the musk of jasmine traipsing six pleats unravelling language lost iii. in the dreams of horses there is a field of sunflowers a baraat of women walking not going for a wedding but to their own funeral before being placed in coffins they will become alive and bulbuls will fly to see where I left mum up the hill away from peacocks to see eagles she didn’t call for my name then she appeared mounted on the back of a tiger.

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This cover shows a painting of a young girl by Amrita Sher-Gil. The text reads: Tigress with Wings, Rupinder Kaur Waraich

Tigress with Wings

Rupinder Kaur Waraich

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