I crave to come back To this land, To this place; Where the summer is fragrant With fruit laden trees. Where rains paint a picture Of lush green fields. Where rivers are revered For sustaining lives. Where even stones are worshipped As incarnation of the divine. Where women are invoked To destroy forces evil. Where … Continue reading Craving
Ah! Autumn! Season of joy at seeing fruits of labour rear their heads all over land, fluttering in a dance to the tune of cool breeze. Season of azure and breathtaking sunsets; as if the sky is overjoyed at being rid of the heavy cloak of brooding, menacing clouds. Season of journeys; migratory birds taking … Continue reading Ah! Autumn…
Hero’s arrival Bouquet of flowers to greet… A whiff-mind recalls Copyright @ Goutam Continue reading Whiff
The roads have a song For all those who choose to listen. It hums the tune as it goes along, Twisting and winding; A vagabond Who cares not For the destination. In the lap of the hills It sits cradling, Learning a note from the wind And borrowing the lyrics of silence. From one hill … Continue reading Song of the Road
Settling in every nook and cranny, Every city, every locality, Seeping into the densest forests, Further most corners of oceans, Night picks up smell Unleashed by day, Processing them, Converting them into dreams. At midnight; Picked up by the breeze And the moonbeams The dreams are transported, laid gently over the eyes Of the sleeping … Continue reading Midnight
For a long time, I used to believe that the sun went inside the earth during sunset and then walked the whole night before rising again at the horizon in the east. Then, in later years at school, I learnt that the earth is round. That set off a train load of questions inside my … Continue reading Round The World
Soaring aspirations. The sky has always been the benchmark For humans to touch. Is that why everything soars? Soaring pollution. Soaring temperatures. Soaring intolerance. Soaring inequality. When will humans Rise above narrow mindedness, Stop bickering about caste, creed and race And let spirit of humanity soar? Copyright @ Goutam Dutta https://amanpan.com/2021/07/22/eugis-weekly-prompt-soaring-july-22-2021/ Continue reading Soar
The river; Flowing at its pace, Criss-crossing Through miles of land, Ends in the sea. The sea; with all the wealth That the river brings from the land Merges with the ocean. The ocean, Despite its vastness, Is not content. Wants more of the share of land. It connives, With the sun, the wind. Generating … Continue reading Network
Twilight’s grey deepens… Temple bells and Muezzin’s call The faithful hurries Copyright @ Goutam Dutta https://amanpan.com/2021/07/01/eugis-weekly-prompt-twilight-july-1-2021/ Continue reading Faithful
Is it in the nature of nature to be heartless? It’s fury, at times, unleashed on the world causes untold misery, destruction and death. Where does it hide all its anger? At what depths under the ground or peaks of mountain reaching up to the sky does it brew? Under which heavenly bodies’ influence does … Continue reading Fury of Nature
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