Welcome, Welcome!--By Aju Mukhopadhyay--India

Welcome, Welcome! 

After the copious rains

during the small hours of the morning

copper colour Sun rising above the awning

water glistening on the leaves

and atop the grass head

ever fresh smell

rising from the soil

overwhelm me with all their wonder

beyond any human fervor; 

beyond the human nests

roads and traffic order

beyond the trees and bushes

chirping birds

a gleam spreads over the seas and hills and meadows

beyond the horizon without shadows;

without a desire an aspiration soon

rises up to the sky

grateful for the unasked for boon

without a desideratum

welcome, welcome!

Aju Mukhopadhyay, a bilingual award winning poet, author and critic, writes fictions and essays too. He has authored 32 books and received several poetry awards from India and USA besides other honours. Recently he has received Albert Camus Centenary Writing Award, 2013 from Canada / Cyprus. He is a regular contributor to various magazines and e-zines in India and abroad. He is in the editorial and advisory board of some important literary journals. His poems and short stories have been widely anthologised and translated.