These poems are based on the rural life of West Bengal. It’s a collaborative work, featuring images by award-winning photographer Plabon Das:?
Bucolic Bengal: Poems On Rural Life?
These poems are based on the rural life of West Bengal. It’s a collaborative work, featuring images by award-winning photographer Plabon Das.
I?
Crossovers recoup the breach
and water evokes?
figures of fellowship. ??
II?
Clay or cut —?
frolics do not cease?
over trifles. Riverside?
hosts the young as?
clouds burst into drizzles. ?
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III
Kash reveals autumn.?
Fisher plies shallop to?
pluck the floating plenty.
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IV
Fancies fathom no ceiling.?
Can iris assess the zenith?
Kites are born of chimeras.?
V
Travelers garner around the Baul.?
What does he chant?
Melody unfurls…
Govinda manifests across?
the bank of Ajay. ?
VI
Argil raises the hovel.
Bamboo and retted jute stem?
mould to model.
Owl assures daughter
acts like the goddess. ??
VII
Her gaze is fixed.?
Mien limns the reality.?
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(By?Kiriti Sengupta)