I imagine my mind’s eye,
green becomes red in a twist-
the sound of heartbeat reaches
on my head, echoes in the night.
Another place, another time.
Who can remind me of my edges?
Who can ever control my swagger?
@gopallahiri
Gopal Lahiri
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Gopal Lahiri is a bilingual poet, critic, editor, writer and translator with 33 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 in 18 languages and published in 19 countries. He has been nominated for Pushcart Prize for poetry in 2021 and Best of the Nets for poetry in 2025. His ‘Selected Poems’ was published by Classix, New Delhi. His recent book ‘Wasp and Filament ‘ was published by Hogg Press, Madison, US.
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