“Red Blur” By Anamitra Ray
This cruel maniac has crept in our town,
Wreaking havoc from the corners of our street
To the utmost glorious sanatorium of our time;
Young leaves littered our street on borrowed time,
As they sniffed plume of sacrilege powdery mildew.
Who will be vigilant to console the Inconsolable?
As precious soul shimmers in this crazy hallucination—
Our homes have become a mournful dwelling sanctuary.
Rangkitbok C Dohkrut is a Khasi poet hailing from Shillong, Meghalaya. In 2021, he published his debut poetry collection in Khasi, titled “Ka Maia Jong ka Por, Ka Thup Poitri Khasi ha ka Laitlan haiku bad Tanka” a unique work that combines free verse poetry in Khasi with the Japanese poetic forms of Haiku and Tanka.
In 2025, Rangkitbok C Dohkrut was invited by the Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, to participate in The Tasty Sound: Poetry Readings by North East and Southern Poets, held at Kaveri Sabhagar as part of the prestigious Festival of Letters—Asia’s largest literature festival.
