Five Short Poems
The Lake
An unnamed bird
skims the surface.
You linger
as an afterthought.
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Memoir
The wind
blows,
leaves
scatter.
You drift
in and out
of my mind.
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14/11/17
Outside, the sky
in so many shades
of pink.
Here, a crow
pecking at
the unrelenting window.
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Curse
The night devoid of stars,
a pale crescent
hangs in a corner.
Down on the street below
a bitch moans
in childbirth.
My dreams charred
with a recurring fear
of something
I don’t know.
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Oblivion
the night thickens
around the bush,
not a footstep
to be heard,
the snake
slithers back
to the undergrowth.
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About The Author
mitrdeba
Debarshi Mitra is a 22 year old poet from New Delhi, India. His debut book of poems Eternal Migrant was published in May 2016 by Writers Workshop. His works have previously appeared in anthologies like Kaafiyana and literary magazines like The Scarlet Leaf Review, Thumbprint, The Punch Magazine and Leaves of Ink among others. He was He is the recipient of the 9th Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize.
