Poetry: Kushal Poddar

April Comes To Setu*

On the wall of April

some town-poet has instilled

the equation of Hope:

Expectations > Arrivals, Happenstance < Scope.

I look for that young man

with his tote full of spray cans

and an easy explanation

for the existence, universe of verses

and what about April converses.

These days my thirst shifts

from coffee to tea.

I place my cup on the window sill,

gaze at the street parallel

to the garden yet to fulfill its potential.

Time bicycles on the setu nearby.

The bridge runs warm, water still bleak.

Poetry is a notebook found 

in the trunk of heart; 

with every word my beats pound. 

*Setu means bridge

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Bio: Kushal Poddar, the author of 'Postmarked Quarantine' has eight books to his credit. He is a journalist, father, and the editor of 'Words Surfacing’. His works have been translated into twelve languages. 

Twitter- https://twitter.com/Kushalpoe

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Setu, April 2023