{"id":1742,"date":"2021-02-17T21:49:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/writers-house-review\/?page_id=1742"},"modified":"2021-02-18T00:56:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T00:56:55","slug":"the-first","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/writers-house-review\/2020-winter-showcase-award-winners\/the-first\/","title":{"rendered":"The First"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><em>By Rachna Vemireddy<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><em>2020 Winter Showcase Poetry Award Winner<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What does it mean to be the first?<\/p>\n<p>Is it a successful swing at a pinata<\/p>\n<p>Releasing prisoned opportunities<\/p>\n<p>Or is it merely a shooting star<\/p>\n<p>Mesmerizing but fleeting<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Incense in the northeast corner and the<\/p>\n<p>Rumbling of Sanskrit,<\/p>\n<p>Clouds of idli and the kick of sambar<\/p>\n<p>Are merely quotidian Saturday traffic<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Interrupted by the smashing of the rainbow unicorn<\/p>\n<p>\u200f\u00ad\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002First Female<\/p>\n<p>\u200c\u2002\u2009\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002First Black<\/p>\n<p>\u200d\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003First Indian<\/p>\n<p>Red, white, and blue<\/p>\n<p>Now mean something new<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rachna Vemireddy is a Genetics major minoring in Religion and is from Edison, NJ. 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