Mantis 21 (Summer 2023)
New Poetry
Hrishikesh Goswami
The White Crease
A keen white line
Ran confidently
Across the dark blue firmament
Quite clear
Quite sharp
Too smart to catch
To uninviting to explain
Too tough to apprehend
Is the meaning of this very crease
HRISHIKESH GOSWAMI is a Contemporary Naturalistic poet from Assam, India who specializes in writing about nature and realism coalescing fiction and non -fiction in a sophisticated blend. Hrishikesh’s poems have been critically analysed by Fruit Journal Manchester (UK), Acorn (A journal of contemporary haiku), The Leading Edge Magazine, BreakBread Magazine and has been published by The Assam Tribune, Blue Lake Review, Indian Poetry Review, NEZINE, Noverse Foundation and FoxGales Publishers, Poem hunter-The World’s Poetry Archive, the Weaver Magazine, Poets India, Soul Connection brought up by Guwahati Grand Poetry Festival, Anthology Still I Rise brought out by Wingless Dreamer, Winter Poems Anthology brought out by Poets Choice, Cultural Reverence and many more.