A Muggy Day in Assam
...The air is heavy—
like a warm, wet blanket wrapped around everything.
The sun?
Hiding behind a cloud,
like it doesn’t want to deal with the day.
The Brahmaputra flows—
slow, wide, calm.
It m...
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Categories:
brahmaputra, allegory, allusion, america, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Zainul is coming in my dream, throughout a sleepy day!
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The art gallery and the city of Mymensingh, a precious memory
Where a river bent, a balcony view, the Brahmaputra, Brahma's Putra!
where a narrow lane, every afternoon, and lushing colors...
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Categories:
brahmaputra, appreciation, art, beauty,
Form: Free verse
The First Whistle
...Puffing languidly by blowing the whistle, there came
the mementos of zig-zag meter gauged companion,
The first consignment on the railroad track, locomotives shipped from the United Kingdom,
by...
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Categories:
brahmaputra, analogy, farewell, history, remembrance
Form: Free verse
A Day Spent In Fading Memories
...Frightened of memories fading,
Early morning,
sunlight caressing the face
introspection at the reflection
in the Brahmaputra river
Afternoon,
sweet aroma of the red sand
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Categories:
brahmaputra, day, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
All That I Remember
...I was a child, an ordinary one.
Perhaps all other kids had
Something in common.
I can still remember how
I felt
When my mother used to cook a favorite dish.
I was so embarrassed when she was u...
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Categories:
brahmaputra, mother,
Form: Free verse
Himalayas
...Himalayas
Eons ago in the planet’s evolution,
During tectonic plate movement: 1
The Indian Island Ma moved northward
Crashing into the Eurasian continent,
To form the Himalayan m...
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Categories:
brahmaputra, culture, education, environment, mountains,
Form: Verse
Sundarbans
...“Sundar means beautiful,” the natives write—
The mangroves of south dance beneath daylight
With the flair of a gypsy drunk and bold
Swirling her skirt of salt. And callous gold
Prowls the swamp ...
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Categories:
brahmaputra, appreciation, bangla, beautiful, environment,
Form: Rondeau
Ballade of Love
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[Stanza: 1]
The spring break earring hitting her face.
Eyes like Cleopatra carved out of stone of grace
The Prettiest face I ever saw as my eyes were deadlock
Long legs spilling ou...
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Categories:
brahmaputra, beach, beauty, betrayal, break
Form: Ballade
The Calamity of Nepal Part 2 Concluded
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The Calamity of Nepal Part 2 Concluded
The crisis of Nepal is not only the result
Of manmade deeds and erratic constructions
Of erecting unplanned houses and roads
Creating ill...
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Categories:
brahmaputra, analogy, earth, natural disasters,
Form: Free verse
The Tiger of Bangladesh
...Between the Indian plains and the hills of Burma.
Protected by the affection of its three guardians,
The Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna.
From there - this story began.
On a grassland full ...
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Categories:
brahmaputra, symbolism, sympathy,
Form: Narrative