My tanka poems appear in POLEART, No. 27, 2024

 

LOVE MOMENTS: A SNIPPET

While I sweat

in mosquito-net

waiting for a kiss

she goes to sleep

loosening her breasts and

removing her feet and eyes

and covers them under the sheet

for safe-keeping

***

between her coming

to bed and sleep

a burial of longing:

her indifference widens

even touch is a no

***

await setting of

burning sun and arrival

of night to go out

for a beer and chips to soothe

her hurt spirit in moon light

***

at the swimming pool

he asks if he could borrow

her underwear just

to feel her from inside

with fidgeting currents

***

while I enclose her

in my arms

to express my affection

she suspects

I’m going to devour her

with kisses

she pierces fingernails

into my innocence

***

unzipping her cleavage

he ransacks the shelf

for the safely-kept condom:

she whispers smilingly

try something new

innovation, you know

double-barreled gun!

***

softness dies

in his pressure

much pleasure

melting elements

feed the soul in flesh

***

call it spoof

or nirvana

if you like

hidden between thighs

is the spring music

beyond birth

--R.K.Singh

Bio note:

Ram Krishna Singh is a renowned, widely published, anthologized, and translated poet with

over 25 poetry collections to his credit. His latest poetry collections include Covid-19 And Surge

of Silence/Kovid-19 Hem Sessízlík Tolkȋnȋ (English/Tatar, 2021), 白濁: SILENCE: A WHITE

DISTRUST (English/Japanese, Kindle Edition/Paperback, 2022), and Poems and Micropoems

(Southern Arizona Press, USA, 2023). Find him on Twitter @profrksingh and Facebook

www.facebook.com/profrksingh . More at https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/R.K._Singh