Author’s Profile
Dilip Mohapatra, a decorated Navy Veteran started writing poems since the seventies. His poems have appeared in many literary journals of repute and anthologies worldwide. He has been recognised by various organisations for his contributions to literary excellence. He has five poetry collections to his credit so far. His website: dilipmohapatra.com
The Euryklides' stomachs rumbled
and the encrypted voices of the unliving
rose to the larynx of the oracles
foretelling the calamities to come.
...
We all move on our assigned tracks
some by destiny and some by choice
but once a while our tracks merge
for sometime
...
Like any other game that
people play
the games of poetics have their rules too
and have players pitted
...
Sentenced to solitude
I merge myself in you
the master mariner
and you envelop me
...