ASOKE KUMAR MITRA

ASOKE KUMAR MITRA

A Private Wound

In this setting sun of the spring

Thousands wet eyes under the azure sky

Thousands already dead

Life is fragile, so is love

Tired souls

Time never waits

Moss grows in the bleeding heart

Lock down at home

Silence of graveyard, deepening fear of virus

At a distance,

Chime of temple bells, prayers

Bidding adieu

Left behind the syllables of life and death

Terror hides in this deceitful spring

Barren roads, voices lost in the wind

Sun will rise again

From the ruin of death

For you leaving behind

Tuberose burnt

And my heart

Into pieces…

© Asoke Kumar Mitra

If You

Nights here are without dream

You offer roses distilled

From your blood

This evening passionately wipes the shadow

The salty taste of tears

Your heart plays softly

Each night

You dump silently

The grief in your lips

Time stood still

You smiled and whispered

Bounced up into spring of dream

You a silent language of the wind

© ASOKE KUMAR MITRA

One Day

‘isn’t it thirty years?

Yes, long time!

She holds his hand

It has not lost its luster;

Without any bondage

Mirror tells him, who he is

Looks up at his forehead

‘what are these lines?’

Thirty years

Their cries and their laughter

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 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, Assamese, Italian, French, German, Polish, Persian, Serbian, Arabic, Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Romanian, Spanish, Azerbaijani, Russian, Uzbek, Kirghiz, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, Chinese, Catalan. “SAVAGE WIND” is his first poetry book, a bilingual edition, translated into Spanish by Mexican poet Josep Juarez. This has a separate edition published by Altaspera Publishing &Literary Agency INC, in Canada and distributed by LULU, IE under separate ISBN. The Italian version of “SAVAGE WIND” is also  published from Italy  with Italian translation by poet Elisa Mascia, Italy. “SONG OF PEBBLES” is his second book, a bilingual edition, translated into French by Marjorie  Meetoo  from Mauritius. Published from Kolkata, India. Poetry, photography, paintings are his passions.