Triveni Journal

1927 | 11,233,916 words

Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....

A Seagull

Krishna Pachegaonkar

The river glides
past swam-grass;
mists writhe
from its surface.

Luminous,
it brims to meet
darkness. Water
laps my feet.

No further then.
Other words
say, “Wade in,
breast deep”.

cries of birds
far out there,
cen they chart
an over-shore?

Familiar rocks
and scrub appear.
It is my own
native earth

in clear day.
Along its reach,
a seagull runs
the beach.

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