Contributor: Nikhil Nath

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I have the night
written on my face,

the evening tattooed
to my body,


I have shadows
that cast their

spell on those
small mom and pops,

I have a gift
France gave me,

I have a nightlife
where the night

does not sleep
a wink

and my half buttoned
shirt makes me

celebrate summer
in the swindling hours

of dawn, when many legs
and many voices

go chasing
that big apple.


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Nikhil has been writing poetry for eighteen years. He has been published in various magazines in India, the USA and the UK. Nikhil Nath is his pen name. He lives and works from Kolkata, India. “Write rubbish, but write", said Virginia Woolf. This is Nikhil's maxim for writing.
Allegro, Aji, Ink salt and Tears, Laughing Dog (Poem of the Month), Ehanom, Ithica Lit, Germ Magazine, Leaves of Ink, Linden Avenue, Pif magazine have all recently accepted his work.