Three Poems by Ramesh Dohan

 

Eclipse of the Heart

In the dark

Of my mind’s night

I return to

Your calloused hands, your body

Undone in its searching arms

The one who taught me

To bear the black throat

Burn of bourbon

Sleeping beside you

I realise that

Hunger is who we are

Under a black lacquered moon

 

 

Diaspora

 

For at least a minute

I had discovered

your smell on the pillow

these are moments

soon after

that I bear for now

in a raft of these words

I call poetry 

 

Solitude

 

It all begins

With a single breath

Leading to a place

where Memory resides

Packed up in a box

With those dusty

Black and white photographs

This is a trick

You perform

Only with words

Nothing grows thinner

Than your own disguise

Ramesh Dohan hails from the city of Toronto. He earned a BA from the University of British Columbia. His poetry often slips into quirky, tender, or profound observation on the everyday, reading and writing, and poetry itself. He has also seen his poetry published in several literary journals including Toronto Poetry Magazine (2020), Trouvaille Review (2021), Bosphorous Review of Books (2021), Bengaluru Review & Pine Cone review (2021)