The skirts grow long,
genitals longer.
The moon mark of shame
rises in the sky.
I ask for Eden
and you show me its door.
Born in a warm corner of India, a lone child and brought up with his shadow mates, Kushal Poddar (1977- ) began writing verses at the age of six. He adopted his second tongue as the language to dream on. Widely published in several countries, prestigious anthologies included Men In The Company of Women, Penn International MK etc and featured in various radio programs in Canada and USA and collaborated with photographers for an exhibition at Venice and with performers for several audio publications .
He is presently living at Kolkata and writing poetry, fictions and scripts for short films when not engaged in his day job as a counsel/ lawyer in the High Court At Calcutta. He authored, The Circus Came To My Island’ (Spare Change Press, Ohio) and “A Place For Your Ghost Animals” (Ripple Effect Publications, Colorado Springs) and his forthcoming book is “Herding My Thoughts To The Slaughterhouse”.
From The Book- A Place For Your Ghost Animals
(Available inside USA http://www.amazon.com/Place-Your-Ghost-Animals/dp/0989553418/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1428111089&sr=1-1&keywords=A+Place+for+Your+Ghost+Animals+Paperback+%E2%80%93+2015
Outside USA contact and order by emailing Bill Young at bill@rippleeffectpublications.com
I am not a silent poet 