Bewitched, I stationed my gaze at the edifice. The stillness was palpable.Trees nodded gently to the passing gust, as the narrow stream bordering the terra firma danced away to some unknown. On a customary winter visit to Kolkata it was decided upon, to fulfill our long cherished plan of visiting the countryside. We chose Murshidabad. […]
Let your coffee brew a little more,When the moon shines on sky’s corridor,The earth below blinks in LED galore,Saying goodbye to day’s mundane chores,Washing away exhaustion standingby that window,Twinkling night bows to life’s circling echo, Fumes from cup wriggle like dancing ghostsA busy puff brush past your spooky nose…. Did you try ’n fist it?! once told […]
Let the Writer’s Cafe be open,Let the coffee be written,The ting-tang of the stirring spoon be the music we listenat this quiet hours,‘Till the first ray of the sun touches the pile of creased napkins soiled by laughter and unspokenwords…..
But you are slipping awaySlowlyLike an endLike an end that signifies changeLike a change that ushers a beginningA beginning with a key to an excitingworld of unknownThe ecstasy of the unknown dunkIn happinessThe happiness I should feel nowBut…. When I closed my eyes then, my childhoodplayed hopscotch, When I will close my eyes now, I […]
I choose Cafe Dreamonic When the poets will walk the wailing leaves When the poets willWalk the wailing leavesBrown and crisp,Fill their blank pages with black,I will choose Cafe Dreamonic,Snug-fitted at some remote corner of the city,Order our favourites, just to get it cold,A ruse to sit and talk…… I will not mind the surround cacophony,Shallow […]
In the Bubble of Proliferating Dream I walk smothered by star dust I walk in and out of my dreamProliferating like reality,Smothered by star dustFeet smudged in mushy mudby the corner where lilies bloom…. The shrub-shroud no hindranceFor light to penetrate the locus,A little place so pristine,Where dreams emanate fragranceOf the real, honeyed whiff sweepspast […]
Now I will ask you — why?! Now to an End Now that the day has come to an endNow that sky switches on its starry neonNow that pubs are absorbing fatigueNow that the breeze blows blithe Now that birds have reached homeNow that hope hangs from the fibre windowNow that coffee gets ready in dim lightNow […]
