Teesta Review: A
Journal of Poetry, Volume 7, Number 1. May 2024. ISSN: 2581-7094
--- Inam Hussain Begg Mullick
bipolar
lovers
monkeys the electric drunkards
Karna is
alive, flying tigress,
you
who are on a quest
frighten
the cynical
stars
forget-me-nots
blooming
engines
and
your mouth of water lilies
rabbits
and photons
in your vast
mental
landscape,
what is
the shape of
mourning?
nymph,
share with me this rain
and your
hidden ache
and your
paintings from the abyss
a beast
trying to be gentle
is trying
still,
I am at the meeting point
of sun and art,
Odin is awakened
and at bliss
the sky
drowns
you, you touch the Eridanus.
Winter
--- Inam Hussain Begg Mullick
1.
The sky is a falcon's signature.
A golden seraphim dances
on the rims of winter.
The sparrows are chirping.
The guitar of ribs is strummed
by revolutionary fingers.
I hear children's laughter coming
from the sun's kitchen.
2.
The night's palms are tinted with mehendi,
the caravans answer the call of stars
within my bones.
A nightmare catches fire and melts.
The saint clutches a burning prayer.
Winter, stay.
3.
There is a war in the garden of
black roses.
The raven roams the viscous alleys
of death.
Lunar radio,
where shall I find love?
I burn, I burn but I do not stop
singing.
I burn but I do not stop praying.
Some day my loneliness will end.
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Bio:
Inam Hussain Begg Mullick is an
award-winning Kolkatan poet. His collections of poems include Roses for the Madhouse, Winter's Electric Architecture and The Magical Life of Inamorato. He has
edited the anthologies Peacocks In a
Dream, Freedom Raga 2020, The Kolkata Cadence and The Violet Sun (forthcoming).
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