Haiku: Gopal Lahiri

Gopal Lahiri

1.

feather by feather

a tiny bird 

comes alive

2.

sunset

broken light knocking

prison doors

3.

city birds

flying in

oxygen resorts

4.

azure sky

clouds weaving

featherbeds

5.

old trees

cut by sawmill

elegant hope chest

6.

dense forest

now a clean-shaven look

bullish real estate

7.

snowstorm

chilling to the bone

thumbs down

8.

momentary pause

day breaks into 

morning raga

9.

rail tracks

running into evening

shadows.

10.

large pools

reflecting

purple clouds

11.

birds taking flight

ready to migrate

to a new war zone

12.

sprawling creepers

rain falls

all around me

13.

hospital bed

watching the descent

of grey evening

14.

art galleries

walls filling up with

autumn leaves

15.

seashells

listening to your

love poems

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Bio: Gopal Lahiri is a bilingual poet, critic, editor, writer and translator with 27 books published, including eight jointly edited books. His poetry and prose are published across various anthologies globally. His poems are translated in 16 languages. He has been nominated for Pushcart Prize for poetry in 2021, He has received Setu Excellence award in poetry, 2020.

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Setu, October 2022