Three Micropoems by Dr. Alok Kumar Ray

Sipping Tea

Teetotaler I turned not by choice rare

Sipping tea with you tested nightmare

Gap exists amidst lips and the cup; isn't fair and square!

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Glee

In a semi-nude night

Dews gather on broken tree bough;

Lone leaf glows in glee.

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Task

Task may be Herculean, I am an ordinary man

I can quieten the audacity of the Satan

Simply and cumbersome, just getting started I do yean.

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© Dr. Alok Kumar Ray 

Kendrapara, Odisha, India

alokray1966@gmail.com

Dr.Alok Kumar Ray is a bilingual poet (writes in both Odia and English) and  hails from Kendrapara district of Odisha. By profession he is a lecturer and teaches Political Science to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Books on Political Science written by him are being taught to students of Odisha and Assam. A great number of poems authored by him have been published in many national and international level anthologies, newspapers, tabloids and magazines. He has attended a number of regional, national and international poetry meets in recent past. Many organisations and online  poetry forums have awarded him merit certificates, citations and literary rewards. Till now he has authored two poetry anthologies (one in Odia and the other in English) and edited one international standard bilingual poetry anthology.