Thursday, February 26, 2026

Rilke's epitaph: humankind by Debasis Mukhopadhyay

Nancy Zjaba


Rilke's epitaph: humankind 

if Rilke was not 

                         an autumn leaf

drowned in blue


his God

turning self 

                       to immortality

sitting on a wall


and 

Gaza ablush

with 

       a brushstroke

the pigment about humankind

longing for              beauty


the soil

            the rose

the stilled clouds

                           confined in bones


no sleep 

              for themselves alone


© Debasis Mukhopadhyay


Debasis Mukhopadhyay


Debasis Mukhopadhyay is the author of the chapbook kyrie eleison or all robins taken out of context. His poems have appeared in International Times, MasticadoresUSA, Stride, The Honest Ulsterman, Posit, Erbacce, I am not a silent poet,
 Skinny Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. Debasis lives and writes in Montreal, Canada. 

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