11 min readAug 9, 2026 11:04 AM IST First published on: Aug 9, 2026 at 11:04 AM ISTSome poems are written to be admired. Others are written to be inherited.You do not simply read them. You receive them, almost without noticing. Like an old shawl that still carries the scent of the shoulders that first wore it. Like a recipe no one ever measured yet every generation somehow cooks perfectly. Like a prayer repeated so often it eventually stops sounding like language and becomes breath.