A house is without a window.
Orchestra resonates, then sleeps,
I enter but see no one inside.
There is a table only with no legs.
Orchestra resonates, then sleeps.
Doorways draw a blank,
There is a table only with no legs.
A lonely voice screams.
Doorways draw a blank.
Darkness lingers in the spine.
A lonely voice screams.
Night dives into the pond.
Darkness lingers in the spine
The ghosts disappear in the dark.
Night dives into the pond.
Listen to raindrops falling.
The ghosts disappear in the dark.
I enter and see no one inside.
Listen to raindrops falling.
A house is without a window.
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Gopal Lahiri
@gopallahiri
Picture Nick Victor
Short Bio:
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 appeared in 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.
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