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a peer-reviewed quarterly journal on literature
E-ISSN 2457-0265
Poetry
Anindita Bose
Volume:
3
2019-01-01
Issue:
1
A Tranquil Mind
What will you do with tomorrow and day-after,
if you have peace tonight?
What will you do with banks and cards,
if you have peace tonight?
What will you do with those people in your life:
now and those gone by,
if you have peace tonight?
What will you do with mirrors and thoughts of
evolution
if you have peace tonight?
You wonder and look astound…
Don't you know that this peace has come tonight
since you have renounced the voice in your mind
and created this moment of serene ecstasy?
Life = Senses = Zero
Some broken barricades are
left behind and walks away
a greyish shadow of me
you are not far behind...
I transformed into a blind
barren monument of birth
and growth
the creator has no idea of
what was born years back.
You stand in a corner and
struggle to explain in words -
our connection,
I know it all yet move on,
to reach contra-consciousness
in dispassionate gestures.
Life is a zero in moments
when emotions drop in the
six senses
and you still wait for a sign...
I leave behind the shells once
collected from a shore, long
back on a cloudy day
they remain scattered on my
floor for days, waiting for
your warmth and trust.
You never reach out or perhaps
fail to reach out; I break into
thousand pieces and fade away…
Life Within
there is nothing here that you
have felt and I have not experienced
sometimes we are just mirrors
my friend
you stand and I stand, between
us a shade of glass
like opposites and opponents we
inhale our stories
but within our hearts, we know
how much we can show to each other
so let us walk together at times
to see beyond the broken pieces of
truths
we may not understand the individual
dreams but we shall feel the life within
Only a Meet
so when can we meet
since time flies by and
we shall not find another
boat soon enough
can we dream now and
not tomorrow because
shades of life colour the
roads and we still fight
for a rose, a lily or a wild
daisy
come let us drive our
souls to break the cages
made by mortal shadows
and reach the mountains,
sail the rivers, delve deep
into the seas…
but you know that time
flies by and knocks us
down
so when can we meet
and when can we begin?
About the Poet
Born and brought up in Kolkata, Anindita Bose is inspired by the zeal of her city of joy. She has an interest in psychology which she believes has connected her closely to universal ideas and human emotions. She believes words have immense possibilities to create life out of nothing. “Let’s decode the labyrinth of life” is what she thinks when words form stories in her conscious and subconscious minds. Her poems and short stories got published in various National and International - Online and Offline Magazines and Anthologies. To mention some: The Pangolin Review, The Kolkata Review, Tuck Magazine, Learning and Creativity, Poem Hunter, Ethos Literary Journal (ELJ). Her first book is 'The Virtual Reality' [Sparrow-Delhi, 2016], which she has cowritten with seven other poets from all over India. Her Solo Poetry book is 'I Know the Truth of a Broken Mirror' [Writers Workshop, 2018]. She is a working professional, currently a high school English teacher in Blue Mountains School, Ooty; and when not writing she is actively involved in activities of a poetry group in Kolkata named ‘Rhythm Divine Poets’ of which she is a co-founder. She is a coordinator for the Chair Poetry Evenings, Kolkata 2018 [an international poetry festival first time in India]. She is a freelance editor of Virasat Art Publication and co-edited the short stories book Dynami Zois [Life Force] in 2017. Along with a group of friends she volunteers to support various humanitarian causes in Kolkata. Apart from poetry she is involved in story-telling, translation, painting, photography, script-writing, and travelling.
