How long has it been since I have been estranged from my core Self? How long has it been since I celebrated being the ‘I’ that I am? How long since I left the tensions […]
I was standing on a cliff overlooking the sea There was a steep decline to propped-up tents and overpriced grilled seafood and fierce hagglers just armed with just a few key words of English for […]
The notorious clouds have gathered round After a prolonged racing. Sun and summer departed and galloping lullabies Spilled out of dark moistening tongues Aching calls streamed from parched lips Of my grief-stricken mother. My […]
Mother, why is our sky so different? A sky blooming with a dark makeup, not rainbows, nor those sweet birds that herald the onset of peace. Everywhere we look now, Ashes cradle the fathers who […]
Now quite a few grey hairs mingled with the dark Grow on my head still lush with Spring’ s bounteous past. Late Summer comes at last; And following her heel can be heard Autumn’s heavy, […]
The times I passed there resting in your warm, Gave me the purest memories of my life. The jollier moments sprung from your charm, relieved the soul from my darkest strife. Wriggling soul battered […]
Night’s unwinding, still. No moonlight dreams remain. Heavier and heavier the water drops, making a melody of strain. Old ghosts howl within my mind, shrieking for the pyres I left behind, asking tolls for […]
Here the notebook lies still on the table, with a look more sober and imposing, telling me of the scribbles nimble, jotted down at the time of reposing. I’m looking into the pages turned […]
It was cold out there, cracking down, the heart got frozen. Winds were howling there, with its numbing sounds. The roads were rumbled more than every other darker night, Weary steps wriggled best till then, […]
It begins on the living room floor you lie on the slightly damp carpet And stare at nothing If you look back that seems to be the one thing you did over the summer […]
Publisher : Sabiha Huq, Professor of English, Khulna University, Bangladesh
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