Dilip Pattanayak Poems

I

The bindu grows
more and more
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Who am I?
When do I ask this to me
I see I am nobody, nothing,
but Everybody and everything.
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If only I had the choice
To sing like the great Ruffi
Enchanting the hearts of millions
And getting tons of applause!
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Nspur.6 Feb 1944.
Born to see your father lost,
You made yourself a man
Under the hem of Maa.
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Miles and miles lie ahead
being even and odd at places,
having rise and fall on its ways
in the horizon the path mixes.
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'Welcome, you Bubble, ' asked I,
'Please tell me one thing.
For a moment you come
But what us to bring? '
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Fights man with each other
for a handful of rice;
strangles others' throat
which is never nice.
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' Happy New Year 2014, '
was shouting I on the street,
greeting everyone whom I met;
still I had to wish many
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In summer I saw it
flying in the sky,
jovial enough in vain vaunt.
Inquired about its pride,
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But life is such
that you wish as much
and never get anything
though you hope for something.
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