The uses and abuses of humiliation

Rabindranath Tagore's management of defeat

Featured in

Buy $27.99
  • Published 20150505
  • ISBN: 9781922182807
  • Extent: 264 pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

One year I said I didn’t
Want to be arrested.
Back too frail to be man-handled.

I settled for the dawn peace-vigil:
Candles flickering in the police horse’s eyes.
War can make cowards of poets.

Already a subscriber? Sign in here

If you are an educator or student wishing to access content for study purposes please contact us at griffithreview@griffith.edu.au

Share article

Tweet
Share
Share
Pin
0 Shares

Subscribe to great writing

Access starts at just $6 per month. Print and digital options to suit every budget!

Learn more

More from author

A letter to my father

MemoirDEAR NEVILLE,I know you weren't that keen on poetry – apart from Henry Lawson's ‘Faces in the Street'– but here's a short poem I...

More from this edition

Anzac instincts

EssayIT IS A curious thing, perhaps unique to Australia, that someone appraising the phenomenon of Anzac – that shared national oath to remember military...

When I look upon the suffering

PoetryIn Afghanistan, a widow receives my monthly stipend, a small apology as I monitor my intake of news, post a cheque but can’t stomach the photos.   My widow’s daughters, swathed in black, don’t...

The bronzista of Muradup

MemoirNICOLA WALKED WITH his back straight and his shoulders scarcely moving. His upper body perfectly balanced and relaxed, his legs propelled him forward in...

Stay up to date with the latest, news, articles and special offers from Griffith Review.