Emotions search channels
to float outside. Some are open,
but many remain closed.
Through open passages
joy, pleasure, glory and
victory sail out quickly.
My id, pains, defeat,
anguish and agony always
stumble on blocked alleys.
I survive daily; inflated
and deflated, to feel
fresh leaves, crushed stones.
Aneek Chatterjee is a poet and academic from Kolkata, India. He has published more than five hundred poems in reputed literary magazines and poetry anthologies across the globe. He authored and edited 16 books including five poetry collections. A Pushcart Prize Nominee, Dr. Chatterjee received the prestigious “Alfredo Pasilono Memorial Panorama International Literary Award 2023”, conferred by the Writers Capital Foundation. He was a Fulbright Visiting faculty at the University of Virginia, USA and a recipient of the ICCR Chair (Govt. of India) to teach abroad. His poetry has been archived at Yale University