A Love Poem for José Mujica & Tomorrow by Jaydeep Sarangi

A  Love Poem for José Mujica 

By Jaydeep Sarangi

My love is like a dark brown strong brew that clears the mind
It rains the whole night, faithfully.
 
The world's humblest head of state
Asked me to describe your fair green face
And the pain of the world in one line.
 
I would say,
Yours were so beautiful but for someone else.
 
Farmers of the world, Uruguay  to India
Have lost their land of the green.
 
This last, long night of waiting
Is for you, Mujica.  

 

Tomorrow

 By Jaydeep Sarangi

I  return to muddy walls near the river
Erratic November rain heals the world.
Now the courtyard is wet.
 
Night birds are carrying life pulse
Though our hearts have deep bloody  wounds
Though the air if full of hatred and self love
Erring weaves gather mud
Even then, the world is engrossed in dreams of the dawn.

About The Author

Jaydeep Sarangi is a widely anthologized bilingual poet with eight collections in English latest being  Heart Raining the Light (2020 )released in Rome.  Sarangi has read his poems in different shores of the globe. His later readings and talks on poetry were at Flinders University, University of Western Australia, University of South Australia, University of Wollongong, Perth Poetry Club(Australia), University of Udine(Italy), and University of Rezeszow (Poland). Sarangi is on the editorial boards of different journals featuring poetry and articles on poetry like Mascara Literary Review, Transnational Literature(Australia), Setu (USA), Geetanjali and Beyond(Scottland) Teesta, WEC(India). He has seven critical books on poetry and edited special issues on poetry for reputed journals in India and abroad. With Dr. Amelia Walker he has guest-edited a special volume for TEXT(Australia). Among his recent awards, the Setu Award of Excellence for 2019(USA) and SUFI AWARD for Indian English Literature(2020). He is a professor of English and principal at New Alipore College, Kolkata. Email: jaydeepsarangi@gmail.com