Grief

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a tear runs down
the earth’s eye

a sandpiper tethers along
these sandy dunes of
a prolonged absence

here a half sunk boat
dilapidated by broken dreams
stinks of dead fish

birds winter again
and the silence of desire
worms the blood
before the soul’s last flight
to the bleeding Sun

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Dr Sreekanth Kopuri, PhD is an Indian poet from Machilipatnam, and a Professor of English at Dravidian University. His poems have appeared in Two Thirds North, Arkansas Review, and Oddball Magazine – to mention a few. His book Poems of the Void won the Golden Book of the Year in 2022, and he was a Pushcart Prize nominee in 2023