Every endless night I sleep on a blank page.
I embrace this illusion.
In the morning a shadow of mine
chases this illusion,
and suddenly it turns into a real image.
Something more than it does, the hibiscus
blossoms tell me the histories of yore,
I continue to be who I am, I wonder
is this the beginning of a new line,
a mouth that passes balminess on
to the air, as if I am day dreaming
still be, till the dusk soak over it.
And the twilight shines on the rusting
window panes, the white washed walls.
Gopal Lahiri
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Picture Nick Victor
Short Bio:
Gopal Lahiri is a bilingual poet, critic, editor, writer and translator with 31books 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 in 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 on 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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