Aloke Mukherjee Poems

Somewhere in the rain-forest, it was drizzling still,
I went in search of a girl lost years ago in a full moon
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I never lost foothold on the cliff in that night

I clung to the mother-rock breast for life-
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Love came one day at my door just before night fall,
darkness biding its time, Sweetheart, you were not
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I can tell you a tale of water, creeping like a cheetah
caught them unaware, while they were dreaming the
Sunlight flooding the land of their forefathers with the
aroma of paddy- our guide telling us stories to spend
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I can not see the blue of the sea now,
the night sits down with her black cape
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You were my starry night, darling- glittering with a smile.

A wind blowing from south sighing behind the screen,
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Give my thy hand, great anarch!
Give me thy sinews with power stored
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Is Calcutta burning? The dusts and carbons churning in the
Wind? Is spring coming? It is mid march, Shana! Krishnachura
still casting shadow in the college square, a lovers' arbor for awhile
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Wind was high—your face tilted up

It gave your hair a lift, disarming,
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I want to kiss your lips for the last-time'

I want to sink my desire below your navel
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