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.