# The Coppiced House

- Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2024/12/20/the-coppiced-house/
- Published: 2024-12-20T13:00:35+00:00
- Author: us\_basu

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**Author: **Jyotish Gopinathan[⌊A sample cover of the book: vermillion-red handloom sari with gold embossed nameplate and lettering for the title and author's name. The border of the sari lines the right hand margin of the cover.⌉](https://writersworkshopindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/The-Coppiced-House.jpeg)
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Pages:** 84 **Year of Publication:** 2024 **Price: **₹350 **ISBN: **978-81-979136-
8-6 (9788197913686)

_**About the Author**_

Jyotish Gopinathan is a nephrologist, clinician-educator, postgraduate teacher and
researcher. Currently residing in Kozhikode, Kerala, he has lived and trained in
medicine in Mumbai and Toronto. He has been a passionate advocate of medical ethics,
especially in the context of organ transplantation as well as gender equality, in
addition to patient-centred care, particularly for older individuals. A photography
enthusiast, he is a relative late bloomer in poetry, publishing his first book at
the age of 52 years. He writes in English.

His spouse, Dr Kalpana George, is a clinical microbiologist and academician. They
have two children, Abhay and Aman.

_**Teaser**_

_Dreaming of homes_

Nest, that cliche
 the dream home, another one! Who dreams in brick and lime or 
polish and paint or the contrived smoothness of blemish-less walls.

I have long loved the notion
 of sliding, through burrows, moist earth and soft 
roots enveloping the flesh, A blind earthworm probing on, seeking homes.

Returning to an old home
 pure as a pregnant sea.

Where do I return to when
 I am distilled, and sprayed, scattered in torrents? Will
I be sucked up by hungry plants? Will leaves be the new town, the forest, once again,
my nation?

Will I nestle among rocks, as
 the inert dust, of spent things?

_**Contents**_

43 poems across four sections

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