Ashok Niyogi was born in Calcutta in 1955. He was schooled all over India in Irish Christian Brothers'Schools and graduated with Honors in Economics from Presidency College.
Ashok spent 30 years in the world of International Commerce,15 in East Europe and Russia and the CIS. His work has taken him all over the world and he now divides his time 
between California where his two daughters live, Russia and India.He is currently unemployed because writing poetry is not considered 
gainful employment, but does have a timber plantation in Goa, India. Ashok has two books of poetry in India - 'Crossroads' and 'Reflections in the Dark' 
(both from A-4 Publications) and one book of poems from the USA - 'Tentatively' (iUniverse). He has been published extensively on line and in print in 
the USA, the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Canada in magazines and Anthologies ( search engines like google or yahoo 
should give a reasonably updated list of on line work, not including work accepted but not yet published).
 


 

MOMENT
 
 the bird calls
 before first light
 in pure delight
 
 bird 
 stay still 
 control your will


RIVER FLOWS
 
 under monsoon cloud
 this river rots
 white underbelly
 of dead fish
 has white maggots
 my white penance
 is for dead flowers
 that lie on the floor
 by the temple door
 
 that day did pass
 as this will
 silently
 from beneath my window-sill