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The River

The resonance of Time's ticking is unbearable! Once you appeared on the warm and soft riverbed Years passed stealthily The 'elfin pinnace' glided on and on The echoing life slowly engulfed you to a hallucinating slumber And then Left on the arid banks Where even the carcasses of buffaloes rot disdainfully You stare at yourself, shocked and wide awake...

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Poet Destroyer A

Date: 9/2/2014 8:52:00 AM

Prasenjit, thank you for the reply, to my comemnt

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 8/14/2014 10:36:00 PM

Prasenjit, stopping by to read and enjoy your poem once again. :) Congratulations, on having your poem featured on the Poetry Soup's Home Page..... Always & Forever ~LINDA

Prasenjit Banerjee
Date: 8/15/2014 7:04:00 AM

Thanks, Linda, it's heartening you found my work enjoyable; please check out my other works- Prasenjit

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 8/13/2014 12:39:00 AM

Prasenjit,, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following you and your poetry:) Here's the link to the contest page. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/ <---~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 8/7/2014 8:24:00 AM

- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup, Prasenjit :) - I choose your first great written poem :) - Nice to meet you :) - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- PoetrySoup Rule1: Be kind and keep PoetrySoup a haven. PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Prasenjit Banerjee
Date: 8/7/2014 11:21:00 AM

Thanks for the welcome note, Anne; looking forward to read more poems at this site. Thanks again- Prasenjit