Poetry

Anoop Antony

By

Pijush Kanti Deb

I’m Not An Amateur Etcher

I embolden my folded hands

to hide their cementing elements

whenever

my watchful entities feel

the glow of the fire

of her glutinous closeness

assuming their spontaneous

and enthusiastic cooperation

in my game of love.

I look cautiously at my mirror

and gnaw the nails out of their fingers

as I’m not an amateur etcher,

itching may be there in mind

but of her

I long only to be a beloved lover

wishing to see my esquire alive

dancing and singing

on the stage of her sweet and soft lips

for ever.

So, I’m ever ready

to tolerate the biting of her blind nails

and forbid my eyes from caring of

the resultant blood shedding

and my heart

from feeling the objectionable pain

as to me

it will be an effective price

charged by my love for her.

A Burnt and his Rivals

Tactful rivals are approaching

showing their dreadful canines

Yet

A burnt

remains fearless and relaxed,

He just checks once again his locker up

Wherein his heart and soul are locked,

Comes out in the street to observe his body

Which is ever busy

To turn dust into gold,

Looks at his people

Who are still extending their hands to him

Sketching the lines of smile on their lips

And then

He climbs up his search-tower

Consoling his dream,

“Let them come, I’m ready to protect you.”

Pijush Kanti Deb

Pijush Kanti Deb is a new Indian poet with around 300 published or accepted poems and haiku in approximately 100 editions of national and international magazines and journals, print and online, such as ‘Down in the Dirt’, ‘Tajmahal Review’, ‘Pennine Ink’, ‘Hollow Publishing’, ‘Creativica Magazine’, ‘Muse India’, ‘Teeth Dream Magazine’, ‘Hermes Poetry Journal’, ‘Madusa’s Kitchen’ ,’Grey Borders’, ‘Dead Snakes’, ‘Dagda Publishing’, ‘Blognostic’, ‘Black Mirror Magazine’, ‘Dissident Voice Journal’ , ‘Indiana Voice Journal’, ‘Aji Magazine’, ‘Calliope Magazine’, ‘Leaves of Ink Magazine’ and many more.

His best achievement so far is the publication of his first poetry collection,’Beneath The Shadow Of A White Pigeon’ published by Hollow Publishing and available on AMAZON.