Daring
Composed by Sayani Mukherjee
Leftovers from the last night dishes
Faded days pastured alley cat paws
Sickly sweet
That chuckles my dainty days.
Arrows I shot and killed my mirror
Still my oath to the miracle
Magic mondays swimming a great tenth
Kohl-eyed retraced strokes
Back and forth
Butterflies in and out of the squeaky screaming
Foggy smoky November geraniums
I journeyed for the hardest gem
Generations and cults
Population of the earth ripped jeans
Recitation reconciliation omens
My black cat knows her nails
Sticky situation sat down and
Jot down a missing puzzle
The lights still on
Stillness and November
My daring swimming strokes.
Bio of the poet: Sayani Mukherjee is a poet hailing from Chandannagar, a former French colony in West Bengal. She received her post graduation degree in English literature from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. She likes to engage her leisure in photography, cinema and arts. review of her debut poetry collection “Ode to Meraki” was done by esteemed literary genius, Prof Shiv Sethi that appeared in Hans India Magazine. Sayani is a regular contributor to Medusa’s Kitchen Poetry, a world poetry forum run by Kathy Keith. Her poems have appeared in various reputed international and national magazines and journals like Muse India, Piker press, The Poet Magazine, Indian Periodical, Aster Lit magazine, International Times Magazine, Medusa’s kitchen poetry, Beatnik Cowboy magazine, Writers workshop, Synchronized chaos magazines, Fiction niche, The quiver review, The Chakkar , Literary cognizance , INNSAEI Journal, Culture Cult Magazine, Horrorscope press , The romantic breeze including the literary magazine of her alma mater (BHU) and several others. In the month of SEPTEMBER, 2021 she started her own creative blog LITCULT where she posts her chosen writings of various themes i.e. grief, lost innocence, philosophy of mundane and the higher or musings on art and beauty. She is also part of various international anthologies of poems. “Paradise on earth” is one such anthology which is available on Amazon worldwide.