No More Ashok Ch Mohapatra Poem by Gajanan Mishra

No more
Poet friend
Ashok Ch Mohapatra,
Rourkela, Odisha.
Ashok Ch Mohapatra
Stays alive
Always in words
In poetry
In love
In memory.

A poet never dies,
You know I know.

Here is Ashok
In his verses,
See and read.

Still, all dumb
I stood
Listening to
His demise.

I cried,
But no one
Here or there
To take part.

No more
Ashok Ch Mohapatra,
My Odia poet friend.
May his soul
Rest in Peace!
I pray, just to
Console me
With unnatural
Atmosphere.