[Artist Spotlight]

'She Was Spread Like Fresco'
by Prasenjit Maiti

against the rock as I saw her

I like the way young women smell
my cheeks brushing her tender breasts

our lips were smothered and bleeding
and we were taken in for moments

eyes closed and serene

like everlasting stones

 

Prasenjit Maiti: Prasenjit Maiti (b 1971) is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Burdwan University, West Bengal, India. Dr Maiti's print publication credits include Nightingale, Pulsar, Monkey Kettle, Green Queen, Poetry Depth Quarterly, Skald, Blue Collar Review, The Journal, Phoenix, Harlequin, Poetry Church, RATTLE, Quercus Review, GW Review, Nomad, Konfluence, Skyline, Poetry Scotland, Carillon, Circle, 2River View, South and Paper Wasp. He stays at Calcutta and may be contacted at pmaiti@vsnl.com