There is just one open window
the eyes are blurred, night like
the details fade with the day’s growth
birds drift in and out of the room
like the story of Karna
a boon-child is cursed.
How can we avoid the beginning
of the inevitable, after the war
somewhere a whole season hides
among our daily wishes and fears
I am not sure of what gift
waits to be commissioned
in this erratic phase of lawlessness.
The earth seems to wait
these small creepers fight
for survival in an adult world
pure bodies are violated by
Desire. What mode of matters of the heart
will work like a magic? All needs
seem to end by a distant sound of whimper.
You groaned, and moaned
you bled, screamed and cried.
Magic in Deep Breathings
This is a morning, birds are out
trees wear the spirit of rejoicing
I meet some sleep drowsy eyes
through a long thin curtain of faith
Ageing parents are looking at each other
weariness is a conversation with faded colours
My playmates, I meet some of you these days
many of you have stopped playing
I remember all my dreams hovering
around my heroes and hearts, cover to cover
Green trees watch me growing in numbers as
I meet their questioning eyes., stones, fish, rivers
In a reckless dedication I make my links native
all winged seeds are back in my thoughts
A promised sun rises as the worshippers have
come here with fruits and flowers
I allow myself to be taken in when flowers are numb-wet
with morning mist, desire dancing in hues.
Deep breathings…
quietly
quietly
Jaydeep Sarangi
Jaydeep Sarangi is a widely anthologized poet with nine collections in English, the latest being, letters in lower case ( 2022). A reviewer, Sarangi has read poems in different continents and lectured on poetry in universities of repute. He is the President, of the Guild of Indian English Writers, Editors and Critics (GIEWEC) and Vice President, of EC, Intercultural Poetry and Performance Library, Kolkata. He has been dubbed as ‘the bard of Dulung’ for his poems on the rivulet Dulung and people who reside on its banks. Sarangi is the Principal of New Alipore College in Kolkata and actively spreading the wings of poetry among generations. He edits Teesta Review, a refereed journal devoted poetry and poetry criticism.
