Fragments
written by: Gopal Lahiri
@gopallahiri
I
The crescent moon is trapped
in a surgical anesthesia
whites of the eyes are frozen
in lost years, dead words
lock deep inside the moribund body.
II
Life is not there,
The walls echo differently
pale images sink and fade,
filling with the sea mist,
freeze on the silken doormat.
III
Romantic detours up in passion,
a token of teenage love
a new ease has set in,
breathing in each other’s skin
gather resonance.
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.
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