Solemn Thoughts
Photo: Karan Madhok
Poem by Sayani Mukherjee: ‘Bring back solemn thoughts / Night’s carpe diem of mahogany sighs’
Bring back solemn thoughts
Night’s carpe diem of mahogany sighs
Of tweetering Florentines of mega city high
Passion’s twofold manifestations
Keeping an eye over the bamboozled gyre
It opens at the mighty funnel
Glistening teardrops along the hooded path
Collecting numerous vigilant eyes
Looking inwardly at the silverdisc high
Of its luminosity that may warm in the eye
Lakes of regional temper that mumble
With tremors of bloodshed wars
Longest night of the year end
Oldest ruins of the kaleidoscopic gyres
Little ink eyed keeping songs
Of folklore of year’s end night
Tweetering daisies that sigh my mind.
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Sayani Mukherjee is a poet and a researcher, hailing from Chandannagar, a former French colony in West Bengal. She received her post-graduation degree in English from Banaras Hindu University. An ardent love of literature, her works have appeared in various reputed international and national magazines and journals. Currently she is part of the international anthology of poems 'Paradise on Earth'. She likes to engage her leisure in photography, cinema and arts. You can find her on Instagram: @_sayani__mukherjee.
