Poetry
by Gopikrishnan Kottoor
It is the poetry of closeness
and of far away
at the same time
I like the poetry of your eyes
looking at me
as though I am deep sky
your face
a cold stream
with all those clear pebbles
as your lips turn floral
by and by
all those rainbows
that millipede
in curls of twilight
and now I'm breathless
with poetry again
Gopikrishnan Kottoor has published his poems in magazines such as Acumen, Nfth review, Orbis, Eunoia Review, Rising Phoenix, Mud Season Review, Plaza, The Illustrated Weekly of India, Ariel, Indian Literature, among others. His poetry has been included in anthologies such as Best Asian Poetry, Penguin Random House Poetry anthology, Bloodaxe,Fulcrum, Verse Seattle, Yearbook of Indian Poetry, among others. He has won awards for his poetry from the British Council. His latest book of poems is ' This Small Town.'He lives in Kerala, India.