Dilruba Z. Ara

Magic boys and girls of Bangladesh

Magic boys and girls of Bangladesh, I love you.

3m ago

The Last Day of a Red Tulip

One early morning, before the sun’s ascent, Stood a red bud in my front lawn.

11m ago

IS & WAS

Death dwells between is and was, Riding the final particle of a fading breath.

1y ago

Ode to an ariel dancer

Clouds in heaven bow and billow around your feet, and you- glide through, oblivious to their ethereal presence.

1y ago

Remembering Mohiuddin Ahmed, the founder of UPL

Countless people cross our path as we walk through this temporal life; but only one or two strike us as people with no darkness within. Mohiuddin Ahmed was one of those unique humans. He radiated pure light, and for those within this light, time always moved peacefully because life seemed to have met all his wants and needs, and as a man so at ease with the ways of life, he effortlessly smoothed out the many negative thoughts of his visitors and friends, just by being who he was.

3y ago

Migraine

 A hood of iron thread Drawn over face,

3y ago

Mother’s Sari

A backstreet, wet at nightfall — a silk sari unfurled. Iridescent black. Autumn leaves — Splashes of gold under streetlights. Rain in Lund Is the same as in a Dhaka backstreet.

3y ago

Dhaka Lives in My Backbone

The chestnut tree in my courtyard is in full bloom,

4y ago
August 24, 2024
August 24, 2024

Magic boys and girls of Bangladesh

Magic boys and girls of Bangladesh, I love you.

December 30, 2023
December 30, 2023

The Last Day of a Red Tulip

One early morning, before the sun’s ascent, Stood a red bud in my front lawn.

September 30, 2023
September 30, 2023

IS & WAS

Death dwells between is and was, Riding the final particle of a fading breath.

July 22, 2023
July 22, 2023

Ode to an ariel dancer

Clouds in heaven bow and billow around your feet, and you- glide through, oblivious to their ethereal presence.

October 9, 2021
October 9, 2021

Remembering Mohiuddin Ahmed, the founder of UPL

Countless people cross our path as we walk through this temporal life; but only one or two strike us as people with no darkness within. Mohiuddin Ahmed was one of those unique humans. He radiated pure light, and for those within this light, time always moved peacefully because life seemed to have met all his wants and needs, and as a man so at ease with the ways of life, he effortlessly smoothed out the many negative thoughts of his visitors and friends, just by being who he was.

July 10, 2021
July 10, 2021

Migraine

 A hood of iron thread Drawn over face,

May 1, 2021
May 1, 2021

Mother’s Sari

A backstreet, wet at nightfall — a silk sari unfurled. Iridescent black. Autumn leaves — Splashes of gold under streetlights. Rain in Lund Is the same as in a Dhaka backstreet.

November 28, 2020
November 28, 2020

Dhaka Lives in My Backbone

The chestnut tree in my courtyard is in full bloom,

April 25, 2020
April 25, 2020

A Man with A Cane

The man walks Bending on his cane, picking

January 4, 2020
January 4, 2020

On a Street of Dhaka

In a tattered sari, she stands