Category: OTHER COMPOSITIONS
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Golden Bay
golden bay oh golden bay shining, deep blue, silent grey …
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The Father, the Son and the **** Ghost
As evening approached, I walked out into the balcony of my son’s rented residence in suburban Philadelphia. It is located on the eleventh floor of an imposing apartment building and overlooks a densely wooded park. The sun was setting beyond the trees and there were three churches in the distance which raised their heads above…
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Paradise Regained: A Hairy Tale
“Head Turners” is a barbershop that has recently come up across the street from my residence. As the name suggests in no uncertain terms, it is an outfit devoted to a noble cause, the uplifting of the look-wise deprived and downtrodden, of social outcasts if you will, by imparting to their indifferent personalities the magnetic…
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Bridge (#WordPrompt)
Halfway across the bridge he stood And began to scratch his head Wondering, whether in wisdom …
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Changeless Change
cloudless, bright blue, summer sky had loomed on Monday, this no lie. The selfsame sky in spotless blue …
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Mirth from Perth
Monsignor Mirth – a resident of Perth,Grinned as he said – he came to this earth,To dine on frankfurters,With pickled olive starters,And pineapple tarts – to add to his girth. Monsignor Mirth – says he’s found no dearth,Of his chosen foods – in markets of Perth,In sleeveless undershirts,He dances as he squirtsRed wine in a…
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On Your Lap
For happiness alone why should I aspire? Pray keep me instead seated on your lap …
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The Ostrich – Based on Sudhindra Nath Dutta’s “Utpakhi”
[What follows is an English translation/transcreation of the much quoted classic Bengali poem “utpakhi” (উটপাখী, meaning ostrich), written by Sudhindranath Dutta. He published it in his collection called “krandasi” (ক্রন্দসী, meaning the Sky and the Earth) in the Bengali year 1344, which could have been 1937 approximately, according to the Western calendar.I am putting this…
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প্রেমিকের হারানো প্রেমের শোক – Based on “The Lover mourns for the Loss of Love” by W.B. Yeats
শুভ্র ললাট, স্থির করতল, মেঘলা কেশের রাশি, …
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