Calcutta Poems - Poems about Calcutta

... She came from remote Albania to Calcutta all the way as a young Catholic nun to permanently stay. By chosen profession a passionate teacher unflawed, destiny drove her to be a benign m......Read the rest...

... A Mother Theresa Quote: “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” She, a Loreto sister of great value a Saint in old Calcutta took a train ride in 1946, and fo......Read the rest...

...Lovingly, Apu Prithwiraj Chowdhury Pulu, how are you? Are you all well, these days? This pen is down on spark, too soon, quite a dismay! These letters are tracing more and more blurry , even ......Read the rest...

...I took a donkey Over the border from Nepal into India In Calcutta I had tea When the hotel Proprietor after checking out Asked; me 'Any tips?' I misunderstood & said 'No need.'......Read the rest...

...The rig rolled through Laredo On the road to San Antone, Its eighteen wheels of commerce Headed north from parts unknown. The shipping costs all paid to Their coyote chaperones. The pla......Read the rest...

...People are often unreasonable And self-centered Forgive them any way If you are kind people may Accuse you of ulterior motives Be kind any way If you are honest people May cheat you Be ho......Read the rest...

... A rising sun burns like a solar flare from St. Augustine to St. Clair, to daze me from sleep’s tranquil hold and dreams of serendipities of old - to rise again......Read the rest...

...Dropped anchor off the Fever Coast ‘board a rake-masted schooner Spooked by Ahab’s ghost. Lamps glowered through the yawning blanks Casting bone-twisted shadows Over teakwood planks. Salt bi......Read the rest...

...those powerful hands, embodying strength, offering a refuge, the determined voice which carried assurance to fearful souls.... a banyan tree stretching its branches to provide shade ......Read the rest...

...Indian Girl The next train is to India to a big crowded city, Calcutta. I am a Desi girl called Prittima Desmona. I am thirty two and live near a small town called Kajoy. You may ask who I am. I......Read the rest...

...when military wage war people should rally delhi be city of rally bombay is mumbai calcutta is kolkata madras is chennai delhi be city of rally when military wage war people should rally delhi......Read the rest...

...A zany Zimbalist from Zimbabwe Stopped me on Calcutta Road with a, “hey!” We are not the same For I am quite tame I liked the fact he was merry and gay.......Read the rest...

...I love a radish in the springtime! I love a radish in the fall! I take my car and park it, There at the farmer's market, And buy out every radish stall! If there’s kohlrabi, I’ll buy a f......Read the rest...

...Sharing my translation of a famous poem (Sadharan Meye) written by Rabindranath Tagore, who won Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. It's one of his story-like poems, written in Bengali, which is one o......Read the rest...

...I You have seen them tell ... of things Indian In dark South Africa, in the 1960s, BOMBAY ... MADRAS, and CALCUTTA were destinations As great as LONDON! We didn't know NYC, or Paris Yes, old cul......Read the rest...