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Summer in Keoladeo Park
By Gopal Lahiri

Here water lily floats on the water-

a white look on cool summer morning.

 

Grasses and sedges jut out of water, duck

weeds lend green and red to the water surface.

 

Mynas, doves, and bulbuls swing their heads,

with their spirited beaks, they dash the water

 

from the ponds, little sips, the wings opening 

they love the light, fly in all directions.

 

The subtle burr of the spotbill and cormorant

as the water glides under their feathers

 

In this space, all things are regrouped,

lofty Kadam trees mirror in water.

 

Cycle bells near the Shanti Kutir reverberate

on the trail of the memories, all gone yet present.

Author's Note: Keoladeo Park is a bird sanctuary in Bharatpur(India)

Image by Amelia Bartlett

Gopal Lahiri is a Kolkata, India, based bilingual poet and critic and published in English and Bengali language. He has published 30 books to his credit and his works are translated in 18 languages. poems are published across more than one hundred journals and anthologies globally Recent credits: The Wise Owl, Catjun Mutt Press, Dissident Voice, Piker Press, Indian Literature, Kitaab, Setu, Undiscovered Journal, Poetry Breakfast, Shot Glass Journal, One Art Journal, The Best Asian Poetry, Converse, Cold Moon, Welsh Haiku Journal, Verse-Virtual journal, International Times and elsewhere. He has been nominated for Pushcart Prize for poetry in 2021. He has been awarded the Jayant Mahapatra award.

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