Stars will emit light, white clouds will float away To the west. I’ll see with amazement. It would not happen now. South wind will move mosquito net and touch my body As if nature touch the nerves at the massage… Continue reading
Rahimunnisa (circa 1763-1800) – First Woman poetess of Bengal
Though it is not as great as discovery of ‘Sri Krishnakirtan’, but its finding is the outcome of an incidence. During 1954-55, Prof. Mohammad Enamul Haque was the principal of Chittagong College; he was working in unearthing forgotten treasure of… Continue reading
Journey through the Clouds
After a while, I saw, I was lynching on a Branch of a tree and my body pinned with Hundreds of prickly thorns. Suspending moaned on the verge of oblivion On a deserted dark alley I fell down and tried… Continue reading
Dream of Soil
My boat of freedom is floating on the waters of time Every time Kodom and Keya bloom in my heart The green village is desolated. Soil burned down by gunpowder There I spread soothing mat in ‘seventy-one’ Life was in… Continue reading
Yesterday
I waited whole night for the dawn to come Tomorrow both pairs of eyes will talk Two pairs of thirsty lips will meet tomorrow Whole night I waited For another morning A sylvan forest and a nightingle will meet From… Continue reading
Perpetual Silence
You wanted silence from the thirst A little movement was needed For two of us to the same target Moon called the night, saying – O night, How much solitude you are in In the dark moon? Night didn’t reply…. Continue reading
What I didn’t say
What I didn’t say ever before I couldn’t utter that even today I tried to explain my inability Whatever unspoken words remained Pervading artworks like bruises and pains You’ve sprinkled bitter taste of separation Keep on giving those all the… Continue reading
This is Love
When all on a sudden I meet you In drought-laden wide wide world Rain drops create thirst and aspiration A few shy saplings open their petals This is love. Clouds are chained by cruel hot summer You walk across the… Continue reading
Passion
Suddenly a severe gusty wind Arising from the ocean Devastating township-village and thatched houses Of the farmers into loneliness Are you like that hurricane, Or a fast-moving train whistling round? Shaking vehemently the bridge You bullet away to an obscure… Continue reading
Personal Accounts to Kalyani
When I see you restlessness layered on my inner self Torrential rain comes down in the dumb eyes of mist When I see you restlessness layered on my inner self Like fragments of my memory Break down piece by piece… Continue reading
Poem for Children
In the lands of eyes there shall be rain It will soak the earth, soil, ether Tears shall freezer into snow Pain and grief shall descend in as avalanche I shall then grow up swallowing time in dire hunger I… Continue reading
You’ll cry
Dear ones, friends, ladies are wiped out like slate writings. I’m still alive with great honour I claim my share with my presence I don’t want to wait until eternity I’ll make you cry with snowy caress.
Unceasing Question
How long will the spider go on spinning its web How long will you fashion words In the immortal snare of non-fulfilment How long shall I remain half alive amid the singing of the lark The river of delusion has… Continue reading
To You
When I look at you, I can’t recognize you, notice you If I don’t see you, I know you, see you ever often If I see you it seems something like a fleshy desire Or a puzzling poem of Mannan… Continue reading
History of Tomorrow
Time goes on like waves Life is but a Bk\lue-eyed river Ancient festivity is in the crop fields Speachless, emotionless under crushing of machines Smell of gunpowder mingles with the wind of evening-prayer In my sences I feel rain-drops Un-wavering… Continue reading
The Language of Poster
When the abir splashing spring festival arrive I become a misfit, a different person. I keep my being concealed behind the sunlight-illuminated day, drumbeats and colour-spraying. My window pours the southern wind into your house the fitting butterflies bring in… Continue reading