Acrylic in Canvas by Gopal Lahiri

 1.

Moaning in the cries of dove,

house sparrows and low clouds fill in

not two-toned,

but grey all the way through-

delicate and discerning.

2.

I contemplate the dark sky

on the white canvas,

nothing is written-

it is in suspension,

the stories remain untold.

3.

There is blue and shades of white

feeling with insight,

no piling of words,

the slow, painful steps of learning

die in the summer flame.

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Gopal Lahiri is an India- based bilingual poet, critic, editor, writer and translator with 23 books published, including four jointly edited books. His poetry is also published across various anthologies as well as in eminent journals of India and abroad. He has been invited to various poetry festivals including World Congress of Poets. He is published in 14 countries and his poems are translated in 15 languages.