A poignant and surreal poem, by Gopal, exclusively for Different Truths.
Beams of sunlight shine down and rove over the winged visitors, dreamy landscapes are intensely focussed Tungsten-hard voice of the stormy wind sweeping inquiry into the mysteries and mysticism. Chinese art history resonates in six dynasties Confucian tropes in marble panels from a sarcophagus, images melt into one another, Taoist sages’ seat in groves, somewhat in a daze, robe and sashes swaying gently, cups of wine and music, a trailing tune scarred by segregation A carver of words simmers in the granite.
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Gopal Lahiri is a bilingual poet, critic, editor, and translator with 33 books, including eight edited volumes. Anthologised in over 150 journals and anthologies worldwide and translated into 18 languages across 17 countries, he has received the Setu Excellence Award, a Pushcart Prize nomination, a Best of the Net nomination, the First Jayanta Mahapatra National Award, and First Prize at the 43rd World Congress of Poets. His Selected Poems was published by Classix, New Delhi.






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