by Gopikrishnan Kottoor
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Two "Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">cubes of ice shower
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">in gold whiskey
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">huddled,
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">meeting in tall glass.
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Inebriate in naked
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">shower,
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">they are lost to light
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">In cola darkness
color:#222222"> making love
color:#222222"> in
cove;
color:#222222">
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">once so solid
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"> each one
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">slipping away
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">from
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">the other
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">now
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">flowing
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">cordate in desire,
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">melting,
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">together
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">in each other.
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ABOUT THE POET ~
Born (1956), Trivandrum, Kerala, India., Winner, All India Poetry Prizes, Poetry Society, India-British Council Awards (96, 97, 98), and other leading poetry prizes. Poetry published in Ariel (Canada), Orbis (UK), Nth Position (UK), Bluefifth Review (UK), Toronto Review (Canada), The Illustrated Weekly of India, Kavya Bharati (India), Fulcrum (USA), Verse, Seattle, (USA), Indian Literature, Arabesque Review, Plaza (Japan), Chandrabhaga (India), and others. Founder editor, Poetry Chain. Participant, MFA, Texas state University, (2000) Poet in Residence, Augsburg University, Germany (2004). Important works : Poetry : Father, Wake Us In Passing, (German Translation, Wolfgang Heyder) A Buchenwald Diary, Mother Sonata, Victoria Terminus, Poems Selected and New (2010). The Coloured Yolk of Love (2012). Drama: Fire In The Soul The Mask of Death. Novel : A Bridge Over Karma (Novel). Poetry included in The Bloodaxe book of Contemporary Indian Poetry In English, The Golden Jubilee Anthology of Post Independence Indian poetry In English, and Poetry Society, India anthologies.
Last updated May 28, 2012