Poetry
English
• March 2, 2023
The sundial pours sand. Time.Tickling down through the ridgeTo reach the big round bulb. Like we wriggle through the rigors of pain,To reach the world of sun.The shine. The brilliance. If sun had a regulator knob,We could light it up in untimelymoments,But it is in nature to dim its shine For moon to dance, stars to sing, […]
Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar
Poetry
English
• March 2, 2023
That well lit Sky Bulb Of how sun makes her part of a glory. “I didn’t want my picture taken because I was going to cry. I didn’t know why I was going to cry, but I knew that if anybody spoke to me or looked at me too closely the tears would fly out of […]
Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar
Poetry
English
• March 2, 2023
The sail of silly wind ceased.Navy cloak-cover damps the sky.Sky palming the wet moon.Dripping. Slimy. Mouldy.Night sleeps under the blanket of rain.Turned frost.Wind, wondering how to cross the Cosmic sea, ether growing conocybes.The fungal moon. But onceThe wind treaded blithe,Roaming the permeating mystic,Fluttered the pristine, white sail,The ship sailed, when the luna silvered the river,Settled in […]
Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar
Poetry
English
• March 2, 2023
The rising sun keeps a triangle of shineOn my orthopaedic pillow,Shaping the window which allows its entry.Thinks it keeps my bones warm. I allow. Last night it was the moon who passed a joke Through her shining beams, in her ravenous tendernessExpecting the world to come around. It came. My dreams are slim, on a diet,So […]
Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar
Poetry
English
• March 2, 2023
Snow white doesn’t travel the distance—It falls to its own weight,Only a thin layer of air circulates,And connects us. So we think. Air now teratogenic, heavyAs you grow inside me Ready to move,Still to be born,The womb cradles you,The way nature cuddles a storm, Thoughts pigmented are put in kiln,Wishing they bake into dreams,Crack open into […]
Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar
Poetry
English
• March 2, 2023
Words lost in the crevices of the sky Will one day fall as rain,Drenching the damp earth Where Lullabys are unwritten stories hemmed to a setting sky, They never burst in the seams,Slide ’n tinngggs like a few screwsMoving in an empty box,They share the sun, cut it into piecesPut it on a plate, faux painted with the Moon […]
Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar
Poetry
English
• March 1, 2023
Dreams silly, fragile and gay,Kept in a freezer come what may,Packed tight in silvers and zips alike,Making sure no one got a dime. Wished for it to open one day,Heated and served the old China way,Wrap it around like the winter mink To keep me warm when life turned grey. Time to throw the freezer away,Out […]
Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar
Poetry
English
• March 1, 2023
There’s a lodge deep inside the forest,The timbre sings the songs of yore,The broken panes tell the tales,Floor gathered moss galore. The morning sun fights to reachThe lodge covered with tall greens,The chirpy soloist sits on the roofWhen the moon begins to peep in. The door opens to a gardenToo slippery and unkempt,Still the Wilds […]
Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar
Poetry
Bengali
• March 1, 2023
এই বেশ ভালো আছি–সারাহীন সকাল, সোনা রোদকখন বা এক পশলা বৃষ্টি,মাঝে মাঝে আকাশে কলরব, ও নীচে থমকে যাওয়া পৃথিবী। কারণ আমরা যে শুনিনি— শুনিনি ছিন্ন বটের দীর্ঘ শ্বাস ,শুনিনি লুপ্ত প্রাণীর আর্তনাদ,শুনিনি ‘গ্লোবাল ওয়ারমিং’দামামা,শুনিনি শ্রান্ত মনের আকুতি— রুদ্ধ শ্বাস ছুটে চলা মরিচীকা জীবনআর কেবলই হাতছানি দেওয়া অবসর।অবসর অবশ্য আজ এসেছে—তবে পাহাড় বেরোনো , রেস্তরাঁ উপভোগ করা নয়,এক […]
Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar
Poetry
Bengali
• March 1, 2023
দিনটা আজ মফসলি মনটা বাউল।হলুদ সবুজ ফেকাশে তবু টান অবিরাম,নিঃশাসহীন বাতাস, অবাক চোখের শালিক,বাতাসে দোল খাওয়া আলগা কেবিল—যেন অপেক্ষায়,এক মন এলোমেলো করা দমকা হাওয়া—উড়ে যাওয়া পরদা,দূরের সজনে গাছটার জোর নালিশকেমন যেন ইঙ্গিতবহ।ঠিক তখনই বেজে ওঠে মাটির ঢোল—টুপ —টাপ —টুপ সনসনে হাওয়ার সঙ্গতে পৃথিবী আজ মন্চ, যেন সুর রাঁধছেন তানের শেষে সেন,খামখেয়ালি মন খুলে ফেলে ফর্দ, গড়িয়ে পড়ে […]
Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar