Physics Poetry, Poetry Physics: Jayanta Mahapatra A Professor Of Physics, But An Author Of Indian Poetry In English Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

To Jayanta Mahaptra,
A professor of physics
Of Ravenshaw College, Cuttack,
Poetry is physics, physics poetry,
Drawing from light and darkness chapters
Of the subject,
Thinking of the universe and astrophysics,
The galaxy and the solar bodies,
The stars and the moon,
How far are they,
Solar and lunar eclipses
And the Indians doing pagletgiri,
Talking of Rahu and Ketu
And the bath after scientific or unreasonable,
How was the universe born,
Where does light break forth,
Retreat back to,
How does the world get pencil-silhouetted
With darkness
And silence takes on to prevail upon?

A professor of physics,
But a poet of Indian poetry in English,
I do not know,
Why did he not do his Ph.D. in physics?