A Fire Festival Poem by Prabhat Kumar Sahoo

A Fire Festival

Rating: 4.8


A great fire festival
Started in my labour room
Burnt on my marriage altar.

And it will be continued
Up to my cremetory
Where the last flame
Would touch the sky
To burn me into ashes.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: death
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Life starts and end with fire.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ruta Mohapatra 23 September 2017

So true! Fire is also one of the five elements we are made of. Nice poem!

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Prabhata Kumar Sahoo 11 October 2017

Thank you very much.

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Dr Antony Theodore 10 June 2017

Fire as a symbol at the birth, at the marriage and u hope to reach the cremation ground in this fire. fire is the symbol of God....... very nice poem dear poet.......... tony

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Gajanan Mishra 29 March 2017

fire and sky and ashes

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Kumarmani Mahakul 29 March 2017

Sorrowful expression of life burnt in marriage altar is brought up to crematory. An amazing poem of sadness is presented here with expressive words. Welcome to PoemHunter...10

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Prabhat Kumar Sahoo

Prabhat Kumar Sahoo

316, Baramunda, Bhubaneswar-751003, Odisha, India
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