Who says he is no more
He has temporally left for his abode
He gave us a tune to chant
...
The nest of a sparrow hangs out
From my heart in a rather painless way
My prime desire is to tender
A bird as many poets do
...
The sparrow was walking along a crane on the side-ways
Leading to the foot-path at Silpukhuri
A desire to touch the heaven
Loomed large at her heart
...
I purchased it the other day
From a foot path at Ganeshguri Chariali
It cost me sixty rupees
To gaurd my belongings worth the name
...
Hemchandra Dutta(b.1978) is a young poet hailing from Assam, India.He has but a few remarkable poems to his credit: he chiefly dwells on the theme of how art turns in to a medium to communicate the best in man.Apart from his mother language Assamese, Hemchandra is equally fluent in English too: some of his best poems are originally written in English. He is well-known in Assam as a young literay critic.He regularly contributes to the dailies and literay magazines published from Assam.A journalist by profession, Dutta bases in Guwahati now.He may be contacted at hemchandradutta3@gmail.com.)
Dr Bhupen Hazarika
Who says he is no more
He has temporally left for his abode
He gave us a tune to chant
To stand for truth, humanity and man
He loved the Brahmaputra, its people
And the soil
We couldn't measure him
Due to our foil
Bhupenda, may your soul rest in peace
We will remember you
In our tragic course of race.