Why don’t you sleep “Night”? Don’t you get tired! Or is it just you are afraid of dreams! Whenever you are lost in mere sleep, They will catch you in your dreams; And beat your heart like slaves. Selfish Night, Your presence brought sleep to the city; Thousands of beaten hearts—pondering, How to get away …
Abandoned Towns and Coffee Shops
I imagine us meeting at abandoned towns with rundown coffee shops, and words would stumble out of our mouths like the way it used to when I first met you that night. But this time the conversations aren’t laced with the sweet perfume of coffee or the tang of nicotine on the back of our …
যুদ্ধ ও কবিতা
চাইলেই যে কোথাও শুরু করা যায়না। এটা বিনাশী। বিস্ফোরিত বুলেট এবং একটা ঘরের চোখ, এক সারি বাড়ি। থলথলে উচ্ছিষ্ট মুখে নিয়ে একটা ইঁদুর আড়াল করে নিচ্ছে আলো। একটা বাচ্চা নিজেকে বেধে নিয়েছে মায়ের পিঠে। মুক্তি। শহর ভরে গেছে সৈন্যে, নদী, জনপদ, গ্রাম, বিছানা আমাদের রান্নাঘরে। তারা সর্বভুক। অথবা জ্বালিয়ে দেয়। তারা মেরে ফেলে যা অধিকার …
Twin Lovers
The woman’s eyes pair off As the twin brows had done To the left a man, and the right another Mirrored as men, but to whom the lover? The woman was young, beloved. Even still? Or have the curtains come down? Who is to answer? The man or the lover? For the woman, there was …
Ebb
In a trickle, In a heartbeat. As fickle, As you make it. Pulverized visitants, Where’s your call for arms? Saved the spear, Fighting ghosts of bygone charms. Assassins craving comfort, Like throwing rocks at a river. The water doesn’t get hurt, And you can’t tell one feeling from the next, ever. The time has come, …
