Portals Of Myth

by Ananya S. Guha / March 27th, 2016

Catch the fire
light it, man’s
primitive instinct
is at work, hair straggling
skin cloth, animal bearing
tusks, head horns
warming around fire
with the red meat slung
cross a pole
repeat this picture
saw it once, see it today
the meat has been replaced with
triggers, the hearth an office
or airport
repeat this picture
and see coffins, blood and gun shot
Man has come a long way
primal, primates to ascendant
evolutionary, revolutionary
repeat this picture
and catch man napping
in the arid portals of myth.

Ananya S Guha lives in Shillong in North East India, where he was born and brought up. He has been writing and publishing his poetry for the last forty years. His poetry has been published in both electronic and print formats such as: Indian Literature, Other Voices, Osprey Journal, Glasgow Review, The Literary Nest, Up The Staircase, Asia Writes, Art Arena, Praxis Online, Muse India, Your One Phone Call, In Between Hangovers, The Peeking Cat Magazine, Post Colonial Text among others. He has also written widely on educational and social matters. He has ten collections of poetry and his poetry has been anthologized in various collections of Indian poetry in English. He holds a doctoral on the novels of William Golding. Read other articles by Ananya S..

This article was posted on Sunday, March 27th, 2016 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.