12/8/18

Poems | Anjana Basu


Nate Dunn, Bottle and Glasses (Wikimedia Commons)




MILADY  SKY



1



 Seferis sky



she unbuttons her clothes

a pomegranate splits

into a scatter of stars



2



Moon strip



the moon en deshabille

in a froth of clouds

lets slip the haze from her shoulders

and bursts forth bare and golden

as she bathes in the pool of night



3



Make up



you wear sunlight

the way women wear make up

or wish they could

a casual stroking on  

a splash on the cheek bones

a wash of gold

happy or sad you glow

all the rest is reflection 

the dust motes dance on your skin

leaning close

I breathe dust and gold





TIGERISMS

1

The evening tiger stalked over the horizon

Black gold black gold black

The last trail of sparks

Sinking into night



2

White on black

The tiger springs by moonlight

First snow fall



3

The paper tiger stalks the garden

Stippled with those words of love

That once went beyond form to feeling

Now all substance gone

They haunt the shadows of no meaning

Measuring the territory

This space yours

This mine

In the tiger's eyes the yellow

Of a splintered moon reflects a broken anger

Origami emotions perhaps






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