Hinged Upon the Void
I am a little perplexed
by your vintage image —
hung,
hinged upon the void;
it creaks
when I run
cockroach,
nocturnal
to your memory.
Upturn
I upturn
for you—
to let you glimpse my face
in an ancient bowl of remembrance.
From its worn crevices,
a golden bud begins to form,
to bloom—
fragile, luminous,
in its nascent light.
Lullaby for an Age
Take it:
the warmth of a mother -
the ancient verse of a lullaby;
the spirit of the father,
higher than worldly skies.
How can you swaddle
the language of poetry
without that warmth?
You, denizens of the modern world -
the Anthropocene, AI -
when you bellow your transhumanist voice
in the name of language and poetry,
all becomes dead
the moment it rolls out.
Say it not
to cut off my one leg -
covered under the fallen roof -
to rescue me; but
to save the mother
buried
under the debris of an earthquake.
Mandarin of its voice
Sweet whisper, drifting
from the thatched hut
deep within the misty woods -
after the toil of day;
like incense rising
from a lone censer,
the Mandarin of its voice.
Half Pence of My Happiness!
Who took
half pence of my happiness
but
the chatter of worldly men -
writing prose and poetry
I was so safe -
A recluse
in semi darkness
of my earthen lamp, silence and
elongating shadow
Tapeshwar Prasad has authored blend of five surrealistic and realistic poetry books, and has been featured in Camel Saloon (U.K.), Cordite Poetry Review (Australia), Crushing Waves (USA), The Aquillrelle Wall of Poetry (USA), Spillwords (USA), INNSÆI-International Journal of Creative Literature for Peace and Humanity (IJCLPH) (India), Literaryyard (India), thebeautifulspace-a journal of mind art and poetry (UK), Episteme (India), Setumag (USA), poetic passions (India), differenttruths (India), the galway review (Ireland), Umbilical Chords (India), inklinks (India), Scaling Heights (India), openthemagazine (India), The Significant Anthology (India), Learning and Creativity (India), vox poetica (New Jersey, USA), Quail Bell (Brooklyn, USA), Mad Swirl (USA), readomania (India), Pangoline Review (Mauritius), Muse India (India), The Fictional Café (USA) and many others. He has been included as ICOP: Roll of Honour by Sir Louis Kasatkin, Destiny Poets (U.K.). He got the “Golden Book Award” for his book “Embers of my Dream” in the year 2023.
His poetry books have been catalogued at various libraries.
Poetry Book “Embers of my Dream”
Harvard Library
State Library Victoria, Australia
Poetry Book "Needle of the Night"
Oxford Library
Harvard Libraray
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