Our Home Roof: A Rondel by Shamik Banerjee (India, 27)

​Fair Luna, paintress of the night,
Employs her brush with polished skill
Upon our quadrate roof to fill
It with the colours cream and white.

Men viewing from skyscrapers might
Deem it a pink sheet—such a thrill!
Fair Luna, paintress of the night,
Employs her brush with polished skill.
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This roof looks pocked to naked sight;
Therefore, it takes the shielding spill
Of moon-made hues (like man's strong will
to paint his griefs with laughter bright).
Fair Luna, paintress of the night,
Employs her brush with polished skill.

Shamik Banerjee is a poet from India. When he is not writing, he can be found strolling the hills surrounding his homestead. His poems have previously appeared in Lothlorien Poetry Journal, The Hypertexts, The Raven Review, Sea Glass Literary, and Autumn Sky Daily, among others. Some of his poems are forthcoming in Lighten Up Online, The Hoogly Review, and Dreich, to name a few. ​​