A New Year Poem by Sumann Dutta

A New Year

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A new year has come.
But why the past sorrows accompany it?
Sometimes I curse my sharp, clear memory,
I pray for a clouded mind.

There are days-
When I am almost happy.
But like an old rheumatic pain,
the memories crowd in my head at unexpected times.

My life is too full of incidents.
Like an illegible book with cramped pages
But a beautiful exterior
Not worn by many a handling....

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Pradyumna Jyotir 19 January 2010

so many times, we wish the new year can just wipe our bitter memories...but it never happens isn't it? The pain has been wonderfully poeticised....

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Eyan Desir 17 January 2010

Good write well express.....

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Rahul Aithal 13 January 2010

So very true. It has happened to me so many times. Well written. keep writing.

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Debasish Mishra 11 January 2010

Sorrow is the unchanging phenomenon... The NEW YEAR only a change of calendar. Nice!

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