Gopal Lahiri is a bilingual poet, critic, editor, writer and translator with 29 books published, including eight solo/jointly edited books. His poetry and prose are published across various anthologies globally. His poems are translated in 16 languages. He has been nominated for Pushcart Prize for poetry in 2021, He has received Setu Excellence award, US, in poetry. Recent Credit: Dreich, Catjun Mutt, Delicate Emission, Mad Swirl, Kitaab E-Zine, Indian Literature, Setu, Converse, Dissident Voice, Asia's Best Poems, Erato, and elsewhere.

Gopal Lahiri

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Synagogue

That Synagogue, older than my grandmother
stands resolute,
a meditation, a prayer till the final hour,
I carry home all along a dashboard of happiness
in this lonely night.