Come, let us escape From all the prying eyes From all the gossip From all the pain… Just a drive Let the rain wash away The gloom The ugliness Come, let us […]
O Man, My Man! Is it true that men in their fifties need to enjoy their age, And take their last adventures before retiring? What do women do? Do they sing Solveig’s Song? […]
Loving you is not easy. You, a child at heart With adult’s vocation – You need to travel the road Of ambition unnumbered You are enigma to yourself. Loving you is not easy. When […]
Transcreation of Jibanananda Das’s ‘Bodh’ by Rifat Mahbub In my world of shades and shadowy light, there is no dream. Only restless reflection! No dream, no peace, no affection, this soul only breeds restless reflection! […]
For us Lazy Bengalis, I have always thought Jogging would be too much of an activity That our faint heart would dare take; So ‘jog’ is deduced to ‘walk’ and “Now you are talking!” Says […]
A mother’s heart is filled with love Heaped over with compassion’s glove Earnestly loving her own and others A heart that feels the hurt that sputters. Rested and carried beneath the heartbeat To the […]
After the lights go off and the impenetrable dark Fear of not seeing danger creeping up makes stark Roils fingering the senses unless another is felt Anxiety plays the nerves shattering not melt Instead of […]
Twenty-five or was it thirty? Only, Heaven knows how long ago the lonely Ending of this young child’s life Underwent the horrors of heroin’s strife Needed to perform her duties as sex toy Done […]
People of every color, creed, and culture cry Out to the heavens for justice to be brought nigh On the oppressed some brothers against brothers Rectitude lay within the heart or ego on druthers […]
Almighty God in His wisdom Decided on a colorful prism Infinite palette to splash His hues Found In Man, beast, and scenic views From the snowy white Polar caps Equator melting temps in Andes […]
Publisher : Sabiha Huq, Professor of English, Khulna University, Bangladesh
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