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red tentacles
by O.P. Jha
red tentacles are scratching
the heart of the sky
deadening the frozen drops in clouds
bruising the bosom of the Earth
turning it into a barren ball
scared clouds don’t assure
for a pleasant rain
for a rainbow drawing an album
of calm light, filled with the color
of unspoiled smile
some eyes are measuring
the abrasions of time
in the sky
on the Earth
and between them
paws of red tentacles have grabbed
all the three tenses
red tentacles, the whims
of war-mongers are killing
the voice of the Earth
and the silence of the sky
no one dares to decipher a tearful river
flowing between the Earth and the Sky.
about the author // O.P. Jha
| O.P. Jha’s (he/him) works appeared in Rigorous, Mantis, You Might Need To Hear This, Punt Volat, Zoetic Press, Discretionary Love, In Parentheses, Shot Glass Journal, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, ANTHRA Zine, The Interwoven Journal, The Cry Lounge, The Odessa Collective Magazine, Backchannels Journal, Homer’s Odyssey, The Indian Literature, The Broken Teacup, Poetry Pacific, Five Fleas-Itchy Poetry, All Poetry, By the Beach, miniMag, Iceblink Literary Magazine, Infinite Scroll, The Rome Review, The Tiger Leaping Review, Aloka and other journals. He is the author of an inspiring book Management Guru Lord Krishna. He has translated more than two dozen books including the works of Turkish writers – Ahmet Hamadi Tanpinar and Yekta Kopan. He has Doctoral degree in “Translation Studies”. |
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