ASOKE KUMAR MITRA

ASOKE KUMAR MITRA

THIS MORNING

Please leave your window open

Rain birds will come with morning breeze

Birds will sing a journey of love

Open the door

East wind, north with, south wind, west wind

Come with secret steps

A solitary wayfarer, in this deserted street

Now you ask

What is the time

Our desires are plenty

Keeping our words behind

In this morning sea of silence

Our Drowsy murmur

And the winds

Lifeless cadaver lies serenely…

©Asoke Kumar Mitra, July 2019

THAT EVENING…

Your untamed madness

That evening, in the thin drizzle

Over the mountain, clouds flying

Our heart’s half-light abyss

Long shadow of trees

Flawless illusion

You fell asleep like a child

Cries of night birds

A dream that mocks me

The darkness deepens

Wet earth in our cupped palms

Endless darkness swallowed up the stars

That evening my fingers moved

To touch her hair

Grew inner impatience

Was a beautiful mistake

Trembling in the endless darkness

Your untamed madness

Asking, where is the love

We felt once?

© Asoke Kumar Mitra, May, 2019

YOUR MELODY

Your Melody, melts into one sweet harmony-

Sound of flute and violin

Spreads wings endless

My heart longs to join

Melts into your melody

My dreams spread wings

Across the seven seas

Your melody breaks

Rain clouds have come to my window

With the murmur of fallen leaves

Far away from my heart

You keep gazing on the far-away mountain

Your melody brings no sleep tonight

Dark clouds over the sky

And it rains ceaselessly

Your melody burning me

With the fire of desire

I have fallen asleep in the midnight rain

With your melody

© Asoke Kumar Mitra, June, 2019

ASOKE KUMAR MITRA

ASOKE KUMAR MITRA: From Kolkata, India. Born 1950, from Kolkata, India, studied at Hindu school and St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. He is a retired journalist and was editor of “CALCUTTA CANVAS” and “INDUS CHRONICLE”. He is a bilingual poet. He has contributed to various anthologies published in India and abroad. His poems are translated into Hindi, Punjabi, Italian, French, German, Polish, Persian, Arabic, Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Romanian, Spanish, Azerbaijani, Russian, Uzbek, Kirghiz, Greek, Swedish, Chinese, Catalan. “SAVAGE WIND” is his poetry book, published form Kolkata, India, a bilingual edition, translated into Spanish by Mexican poet Josep Juarez.

 Poetry, photography, paintings are his passions.