Here I stay firm even it is transient,
rooted and unflustered.
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Why should I care about
If it’s striking of lightning
or raging storms uprooting trees
or shooting stars drop on my courtyard
right beside me.
Here I’m new like it always
without thinking for a moment
what will happen if I crumble
and collapse on the green earth
lie there motionless,
in this turmoil
in this destruction
in it alone
I know I will find my way
one day in my land.
Gopal Lahiri
Picture Nick Victor
@gopallahiri
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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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