Nostalgia

In Kolkata or in Rome With rose or tulip Every night we are back home In our fond fetal sleep Our body on its left side The torso a little hunched Knees bent in a comfort feel Mom in a flower bunch Whether snow or warmth The fetal sleep is a medicine The depressed bird from the north Flying towards a warm sunshine In a colored unconscious so dear In our sleep we love our mother _____________________________________ 27/11/2016

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Jyoti Kandpal

Date: 12/2/2016 5:14:00 AM

WELL ....I KNOW I'M TOO SMALL TO COMMENT ........BUT SIR....THTS WHAT WE CALL .....IN AND OUT OF EMOTIONS .......U KEPT YOUR HEART OUT...IN LITTLE .....

Probir Gupta
Date: 12/2/2016 8:30:00 PM

Certainly you are no small to comment ... What you have said is worth understanding and realising ... Thank you ...

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/1/2016 7:39:00 PM

Probir, I absolutely adore this, as I lie like this all night when I sleep!! FAVE

Probir Gupta
Date: 12/2/2016 3:44:00 AM

well ... thank you ... we do this more, and that too unknowingly, when we are in mental stress ... this is most intense nostalgia ... over and over again we desire to return to our absolutely safe abode ... it has had no parallel ... and for us who are males it is much more so ... you may not (not will not) exactly perceive that ...

Barry Stebbings

Date: 11/30/2016 4:51:00 AM

Amazing Probir. A warm and comforting poem in this sonnet style. +7 // Barry

Probir Gupta
Date: 11/30/2016 5:54:00 AM

Thank you ... thanks for recognizing the sonnet style ...

Janis Thompson

Date: 11/30/2016 12:36:00 AM

Mother is always a nostalgic remembrance. Congratulations on your placement.

Probir Gupta
Date: 11/30/2016 5:54:00 AM

Thank you ...

Winged Warrior

Date: 11/29/2016 6:08:00 PM

A Probir great!!!...very good my friend...mothers should always be remembered...god bless...^WW^

Probir Gupta
Date: 11/30/2016 5:55:00 AM

Thank you ...

Judy Ball

Date: 11/29/2016 9:15:00 AM

Very good Probir. Excellent observation. In our sleep we tend to go back into the fetal position. Seems to be the most comfortable. A seven from me. God Bless, JB

Probir Gupta
Date: 11/29/2016 10:59:00 AM

Thank you ...

Sara Chansarkar

Date: 11/29/2016 8:47:00 AM

Yes, love for mother expresses itself even in sleep!

Probir Gupta
Date: 11/29/2016 10:59:00 AM

Thank you ...

Freddie Robinson Jr.

Date: 11/29/2016 5:55:00 AM

Beautiful wisdom this poem is, Probir. Your pen is dipped in the invisible fluidity of time. A rare poet's tool of craft. Great poem, it's a top 7. Much love, my poetic friend.

Probir Gupta
Date: 11/29/2016 11:00:00 AM

Thank you ...

Jan Allison

Date: 11/28/2016 3:48:00 PM

wow you really went back in time Probir - unique take on the theme of nostalgia! many congrats:-) hugs Jan xx

Probir Gupta
Date: 11/29/2016 4:20:00 AM

thank you ...

Nayda Ivette Negron Flores

Date: 11/28/2016 9:19:00 AM

Congratulations Probir on the placement of the contest.

Probir Gupta
Date: 11/28/2016 10:25:00 AM

Thank you so much, Nayda ... It was a hurried work ... the picture arrived at the eleventh hour ...

Paul Callus

Date: 11/27/2016 11:32:00 AM

Mother...close, affectionate, giver of life. A bonding that begins before birth and continues after. A warm a nd lovely write, Probir. // paul

Probir Gupta
Date: 11/27/2016 11:43:00 AM

Thank you, Paul ... Thank you for the appropriate appreciation ... This is so intense a nostalgia that it occurs spontaneously and almost compulsively in our sleep ... Regards ...probir

Probir Gupta
Date: 11/27/2016 11:38:00 AM

Our pleasure deriving desire drives us to fetal sleep. Why? Unconsciously we regress to the most secured phase of our life i. e. ...mother's womb. We shared the same heartbeat. And any regression or return to derive pleasure is nostalgia. ... Thank you for your observation.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/27/2016 10:44:00 AM

wow, if this is what I think, that is taking nostalgia WAY back to the past!!! Great thinking.

Probir Gupta
Date: 11/27/2016 11:40:00 AM

Andrea, I am sorry that my reply to you has got posted in Paul's box above. I don't know how. Weird indeed.

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 11/27/2016 5:21:00 AM

How delightful dear, Probir! Now I know why I sleep like this! Loved it my friend for it is so poetically expressed!

Probir Gupta
Date: 11/27/2016 6:09:00 AM

Thank you ...