Jayanta's The False Start appeared from a poet's enterprise
Called Clearing House, Bombay in 1980
And it's a book of poems to be reckoned with,
Starting from the poem,
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Though the people call him liberal and light,
But Khushwant Singh was not at all so,
A very serious man indeed,
Sober and elegant,
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Rome Basu
As a poet is a globe-trotter,
An insider as well as an outsider
As he lived and served in the U.N.O.
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You are my first love, first love,
Believe me,
Just believe,
Said he.
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Those who have just begun to write
Are also calling themselves poets and poetesses
And this embarrasses us most,
Baffles us most.
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Kamrupa Kamakhya Devi,
A mere glance of the Tantrica Devi
Redeems and absolves of the past sins,
Kamrupa Kamakhya Devi,
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The spring has given way to,
The scorching summer has started to show
And fall upon,
The fire flames as icicles hanging by
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I shall not remain
But the flowers will;
My poems too will not remain
But the flowers will.
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Thou hast made me, my Lord,
This life of mine is Thine,
Thou take it, my God,
I do not need it,
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Save the girl child,
The poor girl child India,
Poor and underdeveloped,
Underdeveloped and neglected
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