3 Short Poems
By Pondicherry India Poet/Essayist/ Critic Aju Mukhopadhyay
Shadow Flashed
Is it the shadow of a dark cloud
Hovering over the lake endless
In the moonless starless night around
Like a veritable menace
That flashed in the lightning in its heart
Like the echo of sound unheard?
© Aju Mukhopadhyay, 2020
When Termites Fly
Flying out like a flash of light winged paired alates
Swarming in the open after one or two showers
Happily mate as adventurous humans in honeymoon
But the festive mood of forming a fresh colony soon
Fades as they are preyed upon by men and other predators
Like mantises, dragon flies, lizards, birds, bats, toads and frogs.
© Aju Mukhopadhyay, 2020
Moon in the Evening Sky
Sitting in the evening under the cloud covered sky
Suddenly I found over my head a moon almost round;
As I Wondered how it dared to show itself without being shy
Like the bright Sun shining in the noon smooth and sound;
Stealthily crawling a big bodied watery droll soon
Devoured the beautiful moon.
© Aju Mukhopadhyay, 2018
Pondicherry: December sky; Evening 18.12.18