Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Coolies And Day-Laborers (Poem By Kazi Nazrul Islam)
On the rail-way once I sawA lord pushed down a man for his being a coolie.My eyes got burst with tears;Will the weak be beaten this wayThroughout the..
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I Fear A Great Disaster
When the Americans thinkThe whole world must be the USA;When the Chinese,The whole world the communist China;When the Russians,The whole world..
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I Can See Your Face
I can see your face, o man far away,Reading my poems;How beautiful the earth is--There you stay,I am no more.
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A Drama
A dew-drop on the grass said to the Sun,'I love you, dear'.The sunshine devoured it;The grass got stunned.Running, a cow cameAnd ate the grass.A..
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I Wrote The Name
I wrote the name on sands,The storm of dust came and wiped it out;I wrote the name on the sea-shore,The waves came and washed it away.
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The Day Sank In The West
The day sank in the west,As it were, a small pebble into the ocean;Waters trembled little,Eternity could not realize that.
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Tiger's Fate
The tiger that devoured the deerCould not save itself from blue death;Now dirty flies buzz on its corpse.
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Few Drops On The Leaves Of Grass
Rain has stopped; soil has sucked all the waterFalling from the sky; only few drops areSeen on the leaves of grass. These drops reviveThe memory of..
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রাতের নগরী
রাতের নগরীসায়ীদ আবুবকররাতের নগরী নেশায় উত্তাল।নাচে তন্বী স্বপ্নের নারীরানগরনাট্যমে। বেসামালমানুষেরা; ওঠেউথলে তাদের শিরা-উপশিরাউন্মাদ উচ্ছ্বাসে।..
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Liar (Poem By Kazi Nazrul Islam)
Who torments your mind for telling a lie?Sin does not touch him who tells a lieOn behalf of truth.The whole truth does not consists inOnly speaking..
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Man
I see no ocean as deep as ManAnd no volcano as fiery as him.But when I look at his birthAnd at his old age,I wonder how frail he is!
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Oh The Great Life (Poem By Sukanta Bhattacharya)
O the Great Life, no poetry any more,Bring on the hard harsh prose today,Let the jingle reared in verse disappear,Strike with the hard hammer of..
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You Only Mistake To Recognize
Did we want such a world where there is noCultivation of flowers, people die fromHunger which way fishes die if kept onSoil, for want of medicine..
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Perfume To Soothe Heart
When mind runs like a race horse, like a kiteFloats in the vast blank sky and swims aloneLike a dolphin in the sea of despair,Then only one thing I..
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Strange Is This Living
Living does not depend on wealth;Wealthy persons die young in theHospital so many. Having so muchMoney in their hands, many died ofCOVID-19. There..
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When Mouth Fears To Utter The Truth
When mouth fears to utter the truthAnd love causes the flood of NoahInto the soul, only eyes getFlooded then with tears. Why does loveCome in life if..
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Soul
Like vultures, you pass your days by dreamingThe rotten corpses of cows. You dance inPleasure having the earth and cry when youLose it. You have the..
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Farce
A handful robbers have taken the control ofEarth. Like the hyenas, they are showing their teethAnd devouring humanity. People are cryingAnd dying. We..
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Graveyard
All on a sudden, getting awake in the morning,I got stunned seeing, the whole earthHad become a great graveyard.Each house was, as it were, a..
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Still The Roses Bloom
Still the roses bloom upon the graveyards;Still in the grove of debris, sweet song-birdsSing sweet songs; And still the red sun risesKissing the lips..
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Poem For Palestine
The rivers will meet the sea;The birds will fly in the sky;Palestine will become free;Invaders will either fleeOr, like insects, surely die.
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Epitaph (Poem By Michael Madhusudan Dutt)
Stop, o passer-by if you were born inBengal. Stay a while here beside this grave!(As a child takes repose on mother`s lap,)Poet Madhusudan takes..
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A Strange Beggar
I saw a strange beggar on the footpath.If anyone offered him alms, he did notReceive by his hand, he just raised a plate.And all on a sudden, he..
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How Strange
What a beautiful picture an ugly man draws!What a beautiful poet an ugly man is!Those who are beautiful don't realize beauty;What they see and hear..
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A New Poem
So old, so ugly, dirty too; malodorStrangles me, I can neither breathe nor die;Let me breathe in new air, new, fresh and virginLike the ripe mangoes..
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