The Cuckoo and the Author
Iftekhar Sayeed – Bangladesh

the muezzin calls

between

the thin light

of night

and dawn

voices flower

in the dark

until

the cuckoo

takes up the call

and stars blanch

blink

and blue

for the sun

the endless

calls of the cuckoo

announce

the stellar

departure

and they say

the cuckoo

does not call

but reads

the rosary

for the author

of the new day