Bharati Nayak Poem Poems

If I can turn into a Poem

I wish I could be your poem
The painted words of your art
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It is that pain
Which torments you always
It is that sorrow
Which wants to come out
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No,
I won't read your poems
Sulked my teenage daughter
Why your poems
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Birth of a Poem

Oh Poetry!
From where have you come?
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ଚିଲିକା

ମା ଚିଲିକା
ମନେପଡେ , ଦେଖିଥିଲି ତୋର
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The book half written
You left for heavenly abode
'Poetry and Friendship ' awaits release
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Darkness is there to feel sunlight
In pitch dark
A small ray is enough!
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Revati

'Reva- - -, Oh Reva- - -
You cursed girl, you burnt ashes, you cursed fire'
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A sudden shower
The smell of wet earth
Ah! The cool afternoon
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Everyday poem
26-04-2026
A tiny firefly
Winged her way
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I am scattered across poems
A bit of me lying here and there
I wonder how I had found a place
Even in the words of bygone poets
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A pair of birds
Singing sweetly on a tree branch
Am a silent listener.
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Leaving the warmth
Of your own motherland
Your journey turned to a nightmare
Oh, how cold can cold be!
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Do tears flow?
Do tears flow?
I can feel so.
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EVERYDAY POEM-28
Life flows through ups and downs
Children grow up and fly to distant lands
But the umbilical chord that once bound them
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Jyesthara Akasha
Abhimanini jhiara muhan pari
Dhanki jaichi, kichhi badal
Barsijiba para ! !
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Lo Reva, Lo chuli, Lo Nian
Ebe bi Aai Maa'ra sei
Khyova mishrita daaka
Kaanare pratidhyoni tole
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Kahaku ete dara?
Bhasa te phutuni othare tora
Lekhani shoichhi ketekala
Bhayamane burkhatie pari
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The year 2019 is fast ending
Only one day remaining
A year with so many ups and downs
Many events and people criss crossed
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How lucky I am
That you belong to my time!
How lucky I am that I found your poetry!
Poems, so beautiful and reassuring,
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Mo charipate
gahala chahala
Loka haujau
samaste kahanti
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Mo jibanara dina, masa, barsa
Bhasi jae, biti jae
Kie rakhe taa'ra hisaba, nikasa?
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I found him as a piece of puzzle
Too deep to ignore
I try to de-arrange and then arrange the letters
To find a meaning and
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When life goes heavy
With jagged trivialities
Burdensome with bossy anxieties
Feel like some dictators dictating
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ଗୀତଞ୍ଜଳିର କବିତା -୧

ସୀମାହୀନ କରିଛ ମୋତେ
ତହିଁରେ ତୁମ ଆନନ୍ଦ
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A street dog
With half a dozen puppies behind her
Joy on my child's face
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Every Day Poem-15

26-1-2026
('A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal truth'--P.B.Shelly)
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ଗୀତଞ୍ଜଳିର କବିତା -୬

ଅତି କ୍ଷୁଦ୍ର ପୁଷ୍ପମୁହିଁ,
ମଉଳିବା ଆଗୁଁ ତୋଳି ନିଅ ବାରେ,
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Mo jharkara kachare
Abirama tume piti heuthibara drushya
Drushya mane dhuanlia
Drushya mane bahi jauchhanti
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ଦେବୀ
ବୋଉ ତୋର ସିନ୍ଦୁର ଵଲ ଵଲ
ମୁହଁଟି ସତେ କେତେ ସୁନ୍ଦର!
ମୁହଁ ଅନ୍ଧାରରୁ ବାସୀପାଇଟି ସାରିବାରେ
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Uttala sagara ra
Keun gahirare
Tu thau kaudi?
Lahari re uthi asu belabhuin
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ମୁଁ ତୋର ସନ୍ତାନ ମା
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
ହେ ମୋର ଗର୍ଭ ଧାରିଣୀ ମା
ମୁଁ ତୋର ସନ୍ତାନ ମା
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Before 10th June last year
I was preparing to write
Something for Daniel Brick
He holds a special place
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Oh dear
Since the day we met last
Many years have passed,
I count those years
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ବର୍ଷା- -୩
ବର୍ଷା ତୁମେ ଝରି ପଡ ଲୁହ ଧାରପରି
ତପ୍ତ କ୍ଲୀଷ୍ଟଧରା ର ବକ୍ଷ ରେ
ପୁଞ୍ଜୀଭୂତ ଯନ୍ତ୍ରଣା, ରୌଦ୍ରତାପ ଯେତେ
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ତୁମେ ସୀମାହୀନ ସମୁଦ୍ର
ବେଳା ଭୂମିରେ ମୁଁ କ୍ଷୁଦ୍ରାତି କ୍ଷୁଦ୍ରବାଲୁକା ମାତ୍ର
ତୁମ ଉତ୍ତାଳ ଲହରୀରେ
ସହସ୍ର ସହସ୍ର ସ୍ନାନପରେ ମଧ୍ୟ
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Mo asiba dinu
E katha nischita
Mu dine pheri jibi
Tuma pashe, abashya
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Asampurna
Jete sabu swapna
Adha gadha murti
Asamapta kavita
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କାହିଁକିରେ ମୂର୍ଖ ତୁହି
ଚେଷ୍ଟିତ ତୁ ନିଜ ସ୍କନ୍ଧେ ନିଜକୁ
ବୋହି ନେବା ପାଇଁ!
ନିଜ ଦ୍ୱାରେ ଦ୍ୱାରସ୍ଥ ତୁ
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ଗୀତଞ୍ଜଳିର କବିତା - ୭
ଦେଖପ୍ରିୟ,
ମୋ ଗୀତରୁ ଉତ୍ତାରି ଦେଇଛି,
ଆଭୂଷଣ, ବିଭୂଷଣ ଓ ଅଳଙ୍କାରର
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Nua barsa
Tume aasuchha
Kanla kharare
Paada thapi thapi
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Aago!
Odhana ra aadhuale
Kahin tume luchi rahi tha a
Tuma sundara chhala chhala
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ଗୀତାଞ୍ଜଳି ର କବିତା -5

ତୁମ ପାଶେ ବସିବାର
ମହାର୍ଘ ଅନୁଭବରୁ,
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Ruha, Ruha,
Tumhe mane tike rahija a
Ei je
Nachai chalichha mote
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Chilly wind cuts through bones
Ah I wish your arms around me
Alas! You are so distant
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EVERYDAY POEM-27 Destiny
Sometimes I think
Destiny plays the trick.
By some unknown error
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Kete kaala Maa
Pathara hoi puja pauthibu?
To antaratama premara phalgu
Jetesabu abega udbelana
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Stewardess of New Age—A poem by Denis Mair
Translated into ODIA by Bharati Nayak

ନବ ଯୁଗର ତତ୍ତ୍ଵବଧାୟିକା
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ଗୀତାଞ୍ଜଳିରକବିତା -୨

ତୁମେ ଯେବେ କୁହ ମୋତେ
ଗାଇବାକୁ ଗୀତଟିଏ
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Pratidinasei Baby Falak
Au Nirbhayara kahani
Ravana, Duhsasana, Shakuni
Ebebi nirbhayare atajata
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