Illustration by Arpan Roy
All the rivers are not Ganga
All the rivers are not Ganga coming close to Lord Shiva
Halda and Karnaphuli felt proud to meet with me
When the rivers become narrow, island grows, gods step away and
The thirst of fishes finds hopeless death on the sandy bank of river
Don’t put any more question to the waves of rivers
It will sprinkle again and again
Call the river raising both the hands, it won’t look back
It flows on its own speed and prosody
When I tell the story of fishes to the river
With grimace she says that the story of aunt is being told to the mom
Call the river to your chest
You will get the sound of its heart lubdublubdub
All the rivers are not Ganga to sting the heart with floods
Carcass-4
Lying flat such alone
Sometimes mimic death
Sweat streams narrow along the spine
Cold vision at your two unblinking eyes
Bone and marrow shake and shake …
Smelting
Wax asleep of memory melts on incitement
Mind melts when lover cries for nothing
Once soviet melted with the clocks of Dali
Non-Aryan eyes of youth, astonished seeing to melt
Chaplin’s shoes melt
In Asia
In Africa
Moon and coins melt in Europe
Tree of meditation melts by nirvana
About the Poet
Zillur Rahman is a Bangladeshi poet and essayist. He was born in 16th November in Chittagong. He appeared as a poet in eighties. His published books are: Anya Mantra, Shada Aundhokar, Uttar-Adhunikota: ae Shobuj Dangay, Aumrito Kotha, Adhunikottor Nandantattwa. He is involved with the little magazine “Lyric”.
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