এক পাশে হলুদ শর্ষে ফুল আরেক পাশে সোনালী পাকা ধানের সারি। অকল্পনীয় এক দৃশ্য। হলুদ আর সোনালী মিশে অপূর্ব এক রং এর আভা। তার কিছু দূরে শত বত্সরের ডালা বিস্তৃন্ন বটবৃক্ষ দাড়িয়ে আজো চির যৌবনা হয়ে। তার ধারেই পদ্মপাতার বিল। এখানে ওখানে ছড়িয়ে ছিটিয়ে কত শত পদ্ম ফুল। রৌদ্র মেঘের খেলা চলছে দক্ষিণা হাওয়ার সাথে …
The third-floor window
Gopa B. Ceaser Each morning I leave behind an old face from a third-floor window, trailing me leaving my alley all i could do is walk slowly… Each lunch-break (provided) makes me think of an old face on a third-floor window, mourning Eliotian eterized afternoons, “even a crow is scarce…” Each evening, my long walks …
When Eliot leads, You must follow
When I first came, Everything was quiet and calm. Unknown to many Withdrawn from even more, I trudged my terribly scrawny physique, Suddenly made bloated with pretensions. The time quickened its pace, In a whirlwind In an interminable indifference To ambient color. A yellow patina of lichen Is varnished on it. On the mind, the …
Sailor of Dreams
Who are you, o musafir Where are you from, Where were you born, o musafir, Where are you gone. In what shore has thou landed In time and tide? In what sail, o musafir, Will thou take thy ride? Has the wind come this way? Has the breeze flown away? Soon will then come the …
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BY MUHAMMAD MUSTAFA MONOWAR Stuck. Pain. Inside. Fear. Fear. Fear. Rage. Hatred. Mirror’s Ashamed. Fall in. Mistakes again. Thirsty. Love. Infatuation. Blind. Love. Thirsty. Melancholy Dark. Nights and Lust. Silence. Hidden. Silenced Scream. Cry. Crash and Burn. Broken. Torn. All of it. All Alone inside. Story of Blood. Cowards in Heroes. Dogs always Bark. Look …
My beloved from Arakan
BY NIRJHOR BARUA O my Beloved, My maiden from Arakan Will you come with me? No pearls in my belongings but rice and salt for thee With a house on Lushai we will dwell And in skies and valleys we can stay Down the river to o’er to where you are calling But there are …
Behind the Veil
by Nishat Akhter Life is not what I thought it’d be Beneath all those words of hope All those promising sunshine How could I not see! There was a glimpse of devastating lies peeping through. Where tragic truths are denied And luscious lies are cherished. Tired of tinkering the trivial unpolished While the nature is …
Life is Beautiful
Just like the deep blue ocean is my life, I know that you can just see water all the time. The reflected blue bed camouflages the inner beauty, Hiding the colorful world full of equanimity. Each wave brings in a new aspect of life. Storms occur on the surface but underneath lies, Enigmatic beauties, astounding …
You are my Rain
By Romeo Bhuiyan Your beauty your luster, come fall on me You shudder and ring, come raining on me Dance in you, sing in you Shower in your breeze Breath in you, live in you Just drench me in your arms… Flow in your love, swim in your lap Part my lips and suck you …
Of Words and Us
We could be words Swimming in the sea of our story A novel written in Egyptian script On rusty sand paper With volumes of ink To be splattered over our dried up feelings. You would be a thrilling adjective To the noun of my existence, And I, The prefix The suffix The apostrophes And all …
