Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan Poems

I wanted a medal, and so I went
to the awarding committee vice president
and showed him all my poems and asked:
'Would you consider me for an award? '
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Desires all fulfilled
Duties all finished
Debts all repayed
With no dues left -
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I have printed my name in crimson lights
Upon my grave stone, a circle
Of grass and gravel tells you where
Below a bed of earth six feet deep
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In the shifting shadows of lantern light
her hollow contours become yet more pronounced
against the pitch darkness of the impatient man
as he advances she struggles with the suffocating stench
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The shrill long siren of a distant factory
Momentarily drowns the cacophony of crows;
Relentless shouting of slogans in the street -
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I am glad you banned my books,
you made me a hero overnight -
till last year no one knew my name
today my name is being taken in
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(1)

From Blood to Tears
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I still love you
even though you tore away my letter in anger
even though your door slammed shut on my face
even though your mother still makes faces at me
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I looked at her
she looked at me;
nothing happened.
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If you are my father,
tell me then -

....... Who am I?
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