first light winged gods survey the landscape of flesh
Author: Elancharan இளஞ்சேரன்
Elancharan Gunasekaran is a multidisciplinary artist and poet. He has a strange love for all things poetical and Sci-Fi. A winner of the Montblanc X Esquire Six-word Story prize 2017. His latest publications are Superatomicluminal (Hesterglock Press), Gods of the Gonzo (Analog Submission Press) and The Cosmosnaut Manifesto (UndergroundBooks).
the rain at dusk i applaud myself for existing
glass eyes revisit and learn in this state of surveillance
there i’ve said it a deficit of dreams the last few nights
macro shot of a grenadier dragonfly perched on rope (Singapore, 2023)
also known as the asiatic blood tail or scarlet grenadier
photographed with the Olympus TG6
autumn dusk i take a moment to revise my madness
eye of the salamander more fiery than the noon sun
soft tones of pastel in the dusk sky for your eyes only
into the arms of the candle fire the night moth’s pilgrimage
belly on branch the drongo sings for the dissected
