Articles by Gopal Lahiri

Poem

• Night Show (November 18, 2019) poem unrhymed

  Gopal Lahiri was born and grew up in Kolkata, India. He is a bilingual poet, writer, editor, critic and translator and published in Bengali and English language.

• Wingless Dreams (January 13, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...Exposing the fault lines, And the conversation with it,..."

• Pretence (February 17, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...The silvery moon and dusty night Run dry along the shining pavements..."

• Nameless (March 23, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...Open the old envelope On the depths of time..."

• Summer of Discontent (April 27, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...Feeling impassable cold hard reality..."

• Covid 19 (July 13, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...sinking deeper and deeper in the whir of death..."

• Love is a Verse (August 10, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...You come from a place where moon swifts to mirth..."

• Wordless (September 7, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...Cloudless evening holds promise..."

• Haiku (October 12, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...the pigeons flutter their wings..."

• Lockdown (November 9, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...handshakes are denied by sealed iron door..."

• Those Maybes (February 8, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "...Each cry is now an artifact of eternity..."

• Refuge (March 8, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "...Every musical note, even the abstract holds its silence..."

• River (April 12, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "...Trees are already on their knees to greet the breeze...

• Iron Chest (May 10, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "...I think night is the right time..."

• Long-Distance Calls (June 7, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "...I hear people cry and hurt just like I do..."

• Silence of Clocks (August 30, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "...in a summer the breeze that closes the windows..."

• The Image That I Am (September 27, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "...I see moments that seem motionless..."

• Warmth (October 25, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "...White clouds are forming and reforming above the river and the distant town..."

• Pristine Landscape (November 22, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "...Morning rays give birth to freedom and hope..."

• Haiku (December 20, 2021) haiku

  Mid-winter presents...

• Salvation (January 17, 2022) poem unrhymed

  "...see things anew in a long river running..."

• Senryu (May 16, 2022) poem unrhymed

  "...dense forest, now a clean-shaven look, bullish real estate..."

• Search (June 13, 2022) poem unrhymed

  "...write seven alphabets under the eyelids..."

• Light of Connection (July 11, 2022) poem unrhymed

  "...in a world where words are woven like tapestries...

• Rename (August 8, 2022) poem unrhymed

  "...I often rechristen my days..."

• Azure Music (September 5, 2022) poem unrhymed

  "...I will sing, not knowing which raga or lullabies..."

• Story Elements (October 3, 2022) poem unrhymed

  "...Between wreckage and resilience salvation lies..."

• Tremor (November 7, 2022) poem unrhymed

  "...I stare at the broken columns and pillars..."

• Soft Maple Street (December 5, 2022) poem unrhymed

  "...The sky is featureless, the light spreads like a stain..."

• Solitary Window (February 27, 2023) poem unrhymed

  "...blinds filter sun light descending on the jacaranda tree..."

• Liquid Gold (March 27, 2023) poem unrhymed

  "...a marriage of rock and fluid..."

• Sky’s Script (April 24, 2023) poem unrhymed

  "...only the moonlight understands..."

• Sketches (May 22, 2023) poem unrhymed

  "...with these hands I smear colours -- mauve, scarlet, pink..."

• Senryu (June 19, 2023) poem unrhymed

  "...a visual delight..."

• Haibun (July 17, 2023) poem unrhymed

• Trace (August 14, 2023) poem unrhymed

  "...I want to write in dusty pages..."

• How hushed it is (September 11, 2023) poem unrhymed

  "...I touch the darkness to feel the night..."

• Darkness (October 9, 2023) poem unrhymed

  "...the sense of sinking in the shifting sands ..."

• Unreal (November 6, 2023) poem unrhymed

  "...the leaves are filling a doorway..."

• Beyond (April 29, 2024) poem unrhymed

  "...nobody knows what will happen next..."

• Senryu (May 20, 2024) poem unrhymed

  "...cold in absence of your laughter..."

• Dyad (June 17, 2024) poem unrhymed

  "...the moonless night is so complete in itself..."

• Triptych (July 15, 2024) poem unrhymed

  "...Your shadow closes around my throat..."

• Ancient Script (August 12, 2024) poem unrhymed

  "...how to go on until tomorrow?.."

• Light Inside (January 13, 2025) poem unrhymed

  "...Each leaf is a soul in tears..."

• Picasso's Canvas (February 10, 2025) poem unrhymed

  "...the tender, the kind, the caring..."

• Maithan Dam Lake (March 10, 2025) poem unrhymed

  "...just open the door of memories ..."

• Blue Edge (April 7, 2025) poem unrhymed

  "...all things are gone, yet present..."

• Home Script (May 5, 2025) poem unrhymed

  "...walls where a rhythm beats nostalgia..."

• Echoes from Koel (August 25, 2025) poem

  "... Koel river picks echoes of the Palamau forest..."

• Lost Shadow (September 22, 2025) poem

  "...the expiring city of my frozen childhood..."

• Distrust (October 20, 2025) poem

  "...I never understand the language of water..."

• Burden (November 17, 2025) poem

  "...I just can't, can't lighten this burden..."

• Senryu (December 15, 2025) poem

  "...I reach out to touch the emptiness..."

• Lucid Dreams (January 12, 2026) poem

  "...Neither light nor darkness, just a stoic stillness..."

• Anaphora of This City (February 9, 2026) poem

  "This city walks on barefoot..."

• Forgotten Childhood (March 9, 2026) poem

  "...A piece of cloud and the color of dusk are riddles..."

Opinion

• Shining Shadow Poetry: a review of <span class="text-italic">Where the Shadow Falls</span> by Raja Chakraborty (September 11, 2023) book review