Binoy Barman Poems

The moon floats dead in the sky
Stars have stopped blinking
Nowhere any shade of light
The night is bright.
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Walking in Keora forest, she and me
Where's she?
She was here, a while ago
Now she's nowhere.
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Abdul has habits all so funny
He eats salt mixed with honey

He puts on a lungi and a coat
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Can you imagine a land
Where a tortoise runs faster than a hare
Gold is cheaper than sand
And to fight lion and tiger a fawn dare?
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You may be dogged by bad luck
And ultimately go to the dogs
If that animal so bad, why a man
Takes it when he walks and jogs?
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Lying in the petals of silence
Time laughs with all its hypnotic power
And language is born in the vocals of neonate
Swahili, Mandarin or Haitian hour.
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Plundering riches from the moon
You have furnished your smile
Your eyes dazzle with the rays of sun
You match with only your style.
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Night sleeps quietly under the coil of dog
Cats and rats have been ever good friends
White moon gives warmth to the naked fog
When the dream of winter leaves ends.
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It is all meaningless for a tree
To know that one day it will fall
Why does a tree spring from seed
From a little sapling grow so tall?
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