Golaka Acharya Poems

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1.
Konark

Built myself
in the bricks of Robert Frost
so much sculpture
so much finery
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2.
Butterfly To Caterpillar

The reverse you are.
At eighty or with wife or grandchildren
youth hides in the umbra
a blurred image
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3.
A Demon Or A God

Wherever the body is
‘I’ get up hidden
run, fly or float
somewhere other I am.
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4.
She

Even when she is
even when she is not;
wind blows softly
leaves look greener
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5.
The Bravity Of A Nubile Girl

In the confessions of Sasmita;
another stroke;
making her love deep and visible;
I see my fraility.
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6.
After One Sitting

Flying and flying
looking and looking
searching and searching
whirling and whirling
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7.
Verandah

A strange verandah
old and vanquished eyes
toothless sunken cheeks
looking at the road
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8.
The Same Kalahandi

The same scene
the same rain
the same night.
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9.
Umbrella

Surrounding is
sharper a knife than diseases
society; more fierce a bullet
than my deserted love;
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10.
The Bird

A tree stands there.
What’s its name?
A bald tree stands there
birds come, sit, twitter
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