In cauldrons | O.P. Jha
POETRY
10/16/20241 min read
in cauldrons
multilayered fear standing on the shore is watching
the shark-infested sea
and ambition hoping to cross and reach
the island of its dreams
between the two, the sea is caressing
the ups and downs of tides
and narrating the story of Columbus
on the bosom of waves
the sea as the solitary reaper is singing a song
that is left behind rudder marks
and reaches the cauldrons in fishermen’s houses
and the epic of exploration dances
around an open fireplace in the night
in a small hamlet on the shore
and forgets the pains of the day
here, mystery of life is brewing in cauldrons
permeating through the bare body of the night
for hugging the coming day.
O.P. Jha’s works appeared in Rigorous, Mantis, You Might Need To Hear This, Punt Volat, Zoetic Press, Discretionary Love, In Parentheses, Shot Glass Journal, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, ANTHRA Zine, The Interwoven Journal, The Cry Lounge, The Odessa Collective Magazine, Backchannels Journal, Homer’s Odyssey, The Indian Literature, The Broken Teacup, Poetry Pacific, Five Fleas-Itchy Poetry, All Poetry, By the Beach, miniMag, Iceblink Literary Magazine and other journals. He is the author of an inspiring book Management Guru Lord Krishna. He has translated more than two dozen books including the works of Turkish writers – Ahmet Hamadi Tanpinar and Yekta Kopan. He has a Doctoral degree in “Translation Studies”. He is the co-editor of an anthology (in four volumes) of twelve hundred poems, from all over the world on war (Against wars) in Hindi “Yudh Ke Viruddh”. Twitter: @OP Jha17