Poem published - Walt Whitman Bicentennial Anthology- 2019

Sharing one of my poems that was selected for publication in the "Poets to Come" Walt Whitman Bicentennial Anthology in the year 2019, at Long Island. This particular poem was inspired by (and also dedicated) to a small unassuming fish that is in reality a true artist, almost sculpting its art at the very bottom of the ocean floor.  The creature is a puffer fish and there are many insightful links and videos on how it achieves its marvelous creation, but that is ephemeral, only to be washed off by ocean currents.

I was in awe and deep admiration of this tiny creature when I read about it and that inspired me to pen down. The info on what it actually does are available here:

A Pufferfish's Masterpiece | Big Pacific: Mysterious | PBS LearningMedia

Meet the Fish That Builds Works of Love on the Seafloor

In my poem, I have mentioned of Arjuna (the great warrior of Hindu epic Mahabharata), particularly as he was known for the complex Chakravyuh formation (a tactic used in battles), which for some reason to me resembled the structure the puffer fish made at least, in part. Plus, I mentioned of the fish-eye as there is a famous incident that Arjuna's prowess and focus of archery was so unparalleled that he could shoot at the eye of the moving fish while only looking at its reflection in water, which is a feat impossible to do by ordinary souls....(The Eye of the Fish: Customer Obsession in the Kurukshetra of Entrepreneurship | by Sashank Dara | Medium)