In cauldrons | O.P. Jha

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