Reminiscence

From the small cup of evening
While sipping a ripple of
Cool breeze,
Approaches
A reminiscence of that moment
In soft, faint footfalls.
The full moon of love
Appears in the azure sky
Of my heart.
Like a drop that
Touches me and flows down
To some unknown destination,
Like a breezy wind
That runs into me and ambles away
To some unknown horizon,
The lips of the reminiscence kisses me
And runs away.

 Professionally a teacher, Mukul Dahal is a voice from Nepal. He lives in Chitwan and works as an in charge of SOS Hermann Gmeiner School running under SOS Kinderdorf International. He edits Pen Himalaya (http://penhimalaya.netfirms.com), a literary quarterly that publishes poetry, short stories and interviews. He has a book of poems originally written in Nepali to his credit. He has been awarded Shree Bani Prize for this work. He also has a manuscript of a collection of his poems in English translation called The Assembly of Voices and Other Poems. He has translated a number of Nepali poems and short stories into English. He writes both in English and Nepali. His poems and translation and essay have appeared in the literary journals such as Moon Gate International, Autumn Sky Poetry, Ann Arbour Review, World Poetry Press, Bologi.com, Quill and Ink and Post Colonial Web. He is a member of Sahitya Sanchar Samuha (Literary Communication Circle), Bani Prakashan, World Poets Society and Magnapoets. He is an honorary member of worldpoetrypress.com