Bio
Gopal Lahiri is an India based bilingual poet, critic, editor, writer and translator with 31 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. Recent Credits: Ink Sweat & Tears, One Art Journal, Poetry Breakfast, Verse-Virtual Journal, Setu Journal, Kitaab Journal, Himalayan Diary, Dissident Voice, The Piker Press, Confluence, Literary Yard, The Wise Owl Journal and elsewhere.
Gopal Lahiri
Love and Light
Rain falls from a low sky, in shade
and shower, the sighs sing aloud,
I fold with love and care and
fingers tracing owl's gaze in every night.
In whispers, I ask a shadow to weep
beside a night blooming flowers,
In dreams my love will find its way
with drowning stars in every night.
You stand there, wondering if I know
the light that wiles and tricks me,
I cannot hide when I touch the sky
knowing how to disappear in every night.
The wind is strong, the letters are lost
searching for home in the fading light
to reach my love, I'll conceal truth
together we dance in every night.