Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Tanka--By Aju Mukhopadhyay--India

on its way home
the kite carries
in its wings
the orange love
of the setting sun
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with abounding joy
fraught with risk and danger
clinging together they move
through the neighbourhood-
elopement
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wishing to relish
the abounding beauty
I dallied-
and settled finally
with the ugly
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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.

8 comments:

  1. Aju,
    These were great, especially the first one!
    Your friend,
    David Fox

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  2. the first one is lovely Aju best wishes angelee

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  3. the first one is lovely Aju best wishes angelee

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  4. Excellent collection, thank you for sharing them with us.

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  5. I especially liked the first one. They are all enjoyable though. Thanks for sharing.

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  6. Nice Tanka Aju. I really enjoyed the poetic tone of the first one. Thank you for sharing and continued blessings!

    -MJ (www.tgbtgpublictions.com)

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  7. My hearty thanks for all of you, dear David, Angelee, Peggy, Jo and Mauricce for your kind appreciation. Love,

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  8. My hearty thanks for all of you, dear David, Angelee, Peggy, Jo and Mauricce for your kind appreciation. Love,

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