Sreekanth Kopuri
Sreekanth Kopuri, Ph.D. is an Indian poet from Machilipatnam. He is the current poetry editor for The AutoEthnographer Journal Florida, Writer in Residence, and a Professor of English. He recited his poetry in Oxford, John Hopkins, Heinrich Heine, Caen, Banja Luka, and many others. His poems appeared in Two Thirds North, Arkansan Review, A Honest Ulsterman, San Antonio Review, Tulsa Review, Expanded Field, South Broadway Journal, and Vayavya to mention a few. His forthcoming book From an Indian Diary is the finalist for the Eyelands Book Award 2022, Athens. His book Poems of the Void was the winner of Golden Book of the year 2022. Kopuri lives with his mother in Machilipatnam.
Another august handful of peace explodes
in a minister’s hand as a ritual of freedom
while the battalion of nation’s pride marches