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The blue in the sky when it gets dark enter

my ribcages,  dust the graphics of names

and then bury them deep in the loose soil.

All the glowing letters on the sign board

fold into a dark palate, holding the air between

time zones, hear the moan of the raging river.

I walk around, touch the golden arrow flower

white as can be with yellow spot inside

until the entire garden is a white craving.

Not the usual, I am in a field of swaying grass

God’s voice- let yourself sink deep, all around

no sound, except the raindrops on the geranium.

Closing my eyes tighter, I drive the voice away

and clean the gossamers from my forlorn shadow.

@gopallahiri

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Short Bio:

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 16 countries. He has been nominated for Pushcart Prize for poetry in 2021. He has been conferred First Jayanta Mahapatra National Award on literature in 2024 for his significant contribution in Indian English Writing. Recent Credits: The Madrid Review, Shot Glass Journal, Masticadoreusa, Verse-Virtual Journal, Ink, Sweat & Tears, International Times, Dissident Voice, The Piker Press, Confluence, Literary Revelations, The Wise Owl Journal and elsewhere.

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