Anaphora
written by: Gopal Lahiri
@gopallahiri
That night is telling you
wrong alphabets
That night is for everyone
who wears black
That night is lighting candle
on the menorah
That night is the open
door madness
The night is the painting
on the wall
That night is deeply cut
wounds
That night is counting
red corpuscles
That night is not
finished yet
Gopal Lahiri is a bilingual poet, critic, editor, writer and translator with 31 books published, including eight solo/jointly edited books. His poetry and prose are published across more than one hundred journals and anthologies globally. His poems are translated to 18 languages and published in 16 countries. He has been nominated for Pushcart Prize for poetry in 2021. He has received Setu Excellence Award, Pittsburgh, US, in poetry in 2020. He has been conferred First Jayanta Mahapatra National Award in literature in 2024 for his significant contribution in Indian English Writing. His collection of poems ‘Alleys are Filled with Future Alphabets,’ has received Pan Asian Ukiyoto awards. First Prize Winner in Poetry Contest organised by 43rd World Congress of Poets in 2024.
