Shivani Mehta was born in India and grew up in Singapore. She moved to New York to attend college and subsequently, law school. A recovering attorney, she is the proud mother of 2-year old twins who, fortunately, sleep long enough to allow her to write prose poems. She lives near Los Angeles with her husband, children, […]
Shivani Mehta
Shivani Mehta: The Butterflies
You unzip my dress, a curve from the side of my left breast to the top of my hip. My body is a column of butterflies. One by one they wake from sleep, roused by the light and cool air. One by one they open their wings, responding to some deep internal pressure, the instinct […]
Shivani Mehta: The Rock
A rock the size of a house hovers outside my window. A woman sleeps in its shade. I try to open my window to warn her a rock is about to fall on her, but the window’s stuck, resisting my attempts to open it. One summer my twin sister and I spoke only German to […]