Poetry
Serendipity
Wake me up every morning as dawn becomes a new day.
WB Yeats’s ‘Easter, 1916’ and Bangladesh’s July 1-36, 2024
What motivated our youth to defy death in order to free Bangladesh from the yoke of a brutal regime?
POETRY / October: An unfinished poem
Glamorous lightweight raindrops from the October sky keep
POETRY / Silence
A star fell on the ground in the windy night
POETRY / Republic of the dead
As if playing a game of chess / Still the world waits for the next dawn
POETRY / Sinking in ink
Don’t you see— I can only write dark.
POETRY / Devi
The first pulse, in the midst of a whipping maelstrom,
POETRY / The wheel of change
Eternity collapses at the wheel of change. / Past is lost
POETRY / Fall
August, marked with dying things. Summer’s end, / My freedom spent
'Rise': Sehri Tales selections, Day 16
'Rise': Sehri Tales selections, Day 16
'Library': Sehri Tales selections, Day 15
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 15 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Library
'Double': Sehri Tales selections, Day 14
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 14 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Double
'Ease': Sehri Tales selections, Day 13
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 13 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Ease
Can loneliness be a disease?
Am I allowed to hold on to you? / But you are waves of serendipity, / Moving forward in each clutch
'Total': Sehri Tales selections, Day 12
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 12 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Total
'Resist': Sehri Tales selections, Day 11
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 11 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Resist
'Cheese': Sehri Tales selections, Day 10
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 10 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Cheese
Sleepy ghost flight
You have made ice out of my heart;/ we were once nothing–you brutalise me
'Long': Sehri Tales selections, Day 9
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 9 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Long