Sanober Khan:
Based in Mumbai, India poet and freelance writer.
Sanober Khan who has gained recognition for her evocative poetry.
Graduate from the University of Mumbai Sanober Khan
Works as a freelance writer alongside her poetry.
I have laughed more than daffodils and cried more than June.
I realized June had never been just a month. Music never just a tremble on my lips. Warmth was never merely a blanket.
The lines state that for the speaker, June was not an ordinary calendar month, but emotionally charged — full of memory and feeling. By stating that music was “never just a tremor on my lips” and warmth “never just a blanket”, the poet expresses that everyday things (a month, music, warmth) are in reality carriers of deeper meaning, nostalgia, and sensory experience.
This fits Khan’s style: short, lyrical, sensory poetry about love, memory, and transience.
Origin: The excerpt comes from her poetry collection “A Touch, A Tear, A Tempest”, and is frequently quoted in lists of “June quotes” for the summer month of June.
Author: Sanober Khan, an Indian poet.
