In the Corner

In the corner Is my pole star Light and insight Never blur In the corner Balm they are For wounds of war When sun is dark Empty the park In lingering pain limps the lark Inside the clock Hours of shark Roads are blocked Rooms are locked Sky has fled Dreams are dead I look for the corner The soul warmer Delight serene Ever green The brilliant shine The mighty minds The hill fountain The lovely pens Immortal stare William Shakespeare The world adores Bard Tagore Jibanananda Clouds in calypso Brilliant tussle Bertrand Russell I sit with them Love the gems A river shore Ennui no more Lovely grace All silk and lace Doves umpteen My bookshelf green In the corner Shines the polestar _____________________________ 26/03/2017 Note: Jibanananda Das, a Bengali poet, writer, novelist and essayist, is often acknowledged as the premier poet of Bengali literature after Rabindranath Tagore, and considered as one of the greatest modern poets in Bengal. As a representative taste, an interested reader may go through, BANALATA SEN in English translation at poemhunter.com