Category: Published poems

lament for autumn
Published poems

lament for autumn

debasis8 Comments

A new poem “lament for autumn” is up at Duane’s PoeTree (December 2, 2018). I wrote this poem in memory of Jay Zimmerman, a poet & artist friend of mine who died of cancer a few months back. Duane Voehees is an exemplary editor who never ceases to surprise me. This time he not only published my poem, but searched for Jay’s work and published his painting & poem to accompany my work. I can’t thank him enough for appreciating this special poem. After writing this poem I found out that Felino A. Soriano, another amazing poet lost his battle against cancer. I am also remembering him with this poem.

Click here to read : lament for autumn

Thanks everyone!

Published poems

to see past the belly or Yemen, by Debasis Mukhopadhyay | I am not a silent poet

debasis6 Comments

(for Antony Owen) bones roll emptily in failed bodies the puddle of skies so brilliant likeness of mouths fractured into the musk of food each air strike spangles eyes in every crevice millions across someone’s piano millions across your poem millions across my untitled sketches of babies so brilliant to scavenge their own deaths
— Read on iamnotasilentpoet.wordpress.com/2018/10/26/to-see-past-the-belly-or-yemen-by-debasis-mukhopadhyay/

to see past the belly or Yemen

Thanks Reuben Woolley for featuring this poem today on I am not silent poet (October 26, 2018).

surprise
Published poems · Uncategorized

surprise

debasis12 Comments

Today I woke up to a nice surprise: I appear as a featured poet on G Jamie Dedes’ site The Poet by Day, an amazing information hub for poets & writers. It was not enough for her to feature just three of my poems! She almost staged my whole WordPress site, showcasing my bio, photo, academic work reference & my chapbook & other poems’ links! Bloody! Who does that? She has been extremely supportive of my work all through, I can’t thank her enough. But this ain’t no surprise, those who know Jamie know she’s doing a great job not only for the literary community but for social justice, sustainability and peace! Cheers Jamie!

Here’s the link : Three

Thanks everyone!

to be is to bleed away
Published poems

to be is to bleed away

debasis2 Comments

Delighted to have a poem included in the new release from Better Than Starbucks (May 2018 Vol. III No. V; print & online)! Many thanks to the editors for featuring “to be is to bleed away“. Another poem that takes root in Cuba and draws crosses under the moving shadows of José Marti & Ismaelillo.

Check out the 98 page perfect bound print version here

Click here to read : to be is to bleed away

Illustration: Ernesto García Peña

Thanks everyone!

one illusion against another foretells a darkness
Published poems

one illusion against another foretells a darkness

debasisLeave a comment

Pleased to be featured again at the fabulous Duane’s Poe Tree (April 23, 2018)! My sincere thanks to Duane Vorhees for publishing my poem “one illusion against another foretells a darkness” and his commentary about the primary contextual field of the poem in the accompanying note. And he does it so often! I wonder how! No wonder his site won the International Reuel Literature Prize for 2017 under the category of “Best Blog for 2017″ for supporting the works of the poets in the literary world.

Click here to read:  one illusion against another foretells a darkness

Thanks everyone for stopping by!

how long would it take for the braille to shine
Published poems

how long would it take for the braille to shine

debasis4 Comments

Pleased to have had my poem “how long would it take for the braille to shine” featured in a unique artist-run journal The Apache Poetry Blog operated from Sweden (February 21, 2018). Each poem inked in the journal is accompanied by an illustration that conjures the evocative abstractions of the poetic piece. Many thanks to artist & editor Janne Karlsson for this honor!

Click here to read: how long it would take for the braille to shine

Thanks everyone!