Sonnet Mondal writes from Kolkata. His most recent poetry collections include Karmic Chanting (Copper Coin 2018) and Ink and Line (Dhauli Books 2018). He has read at literary festivals in Macedonia, Ireland, Turkey, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, Germany, Hungary, and Slovakia. His writing has appeared in publications across Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia. Mondal was one of the authors of the “Silk Routes” project of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa from 2014 to 2016. Director of the Chair Poetry Evenings International Festival, Mondal edits the Indian section of Lyrikline (Haus für Poesie, Berlin) and serves as editor in chief of the Enchanting Verses Literary Review. He has been a guest editor for Poetry at Sangam, India, and Words Without Borders, New York.
Journeying
by and by life would pass like this
flying like a vagrant kite at night
earlier i used to tour inside my mind
sometimes with my mind into others
then i thought my body should also tour
hence i tour with both of them now
when my bones would start forsaking me
i would still tour inside my mind
and count my days of travel
looking at the curve of my shadow