Ancient Lights
written by: Gopal Lahiri
@gopallahiri
blood moon giving
a morsel of words
earth probing the
invisible border line
smell of wet grass
warmth and warmth
painting the new twilight
on the graph broadside
holding the winter evenings
on swollen palms
cold winds snigger
against the old mirror
old city searching
ancient lights
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.
