This poem is written by Nissim Ezekiel.He was a professor of English at the University of Mumbai.Ezekiel,one of the noted Indian English poets is often mentioned as a 'Poet of the city'.His best known collections are"A Time to Change', 'The Unfinished Man' &' Hymns in Darkness'. Night of the Scorpion poignantly describes a mother's selfless love for her children as she,despite being bitten by a scorpion herself and narrowly escaping death,is grateful that the scorpion spared her children.
