Poet In Transition Poem by Souren Mondal

Poet In Transition

Rating: 4.5


I am a poet in transition,
who still has the plasma cover around him
and yet can travel miles,

Miles,

until the chord pulls me back and shows me my
Limits.

But I am arrogant,
and pretend to be bold,

This boldness is feigned
I am an ostrich trying to hide myself
from predators...

Yet,
What makes one a poet?
Is it the poet's emotions or objectivity?
Is it memories of a love that
never worked out or an endless love for the entire humanity?

Tender regrets or great satisfaction of completing a poem?

Or,
Is it,
Just words - right words placed in right
places,
each one chosen like a general chooses his
Soldiers,

each move made with the dexterity of a chess
grandmaster,
And then placed in the right slots to solve the
puzzle that a poem is

A poem is a solved puzzle that becomes only
a piece in a bigger puzzle when the reader reads it.

So,
Why do call myself a 'poet in transition'?

Because my writings (poems if they are) reveal more than what they hide...
Unless it goes the other way around,
it will always be like this:

I will be poet in transition,
Waiting for the metamorphoses to complete,
to turn into a butterfly from a caterpiler
The shell finally to be broken,

But now my poems are just solved puzzles

Saturday, October 17, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: poetry
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Valsa George 01 December 2015

Just words - right words placed in right places, each one chosen like a general chooses his Soldiers, each move made with the dexterity of a chess grandmaster, And then placed in the right slots to solve the puzzle that a poem is Solved Puzzle! What a deep and profound definition of a poem! I have fallen in love with this write! Yes, from a chrysalis, you can easily grow into a butterfly and the world will be delighted at the sight of the soaring beauty! This deserves more than ten! 10+++++++

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Bakuli Bhakali 26 November 2015

well explained..well answered rhetorical questions well written like all your poems i read.10

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Souren Mondal 29 November 2015

Thank you Bakuli :)

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Kumarmani Mahakul 25 October 2015

Very much thoughtful piece of work with wise interest shared here that attracts attention. Each movement of poem makes a poet grand-master definitely. Turning into a butterfly from a Caterpillar makes life easier. Nice sharing....10

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Kelly Kurt 17 October 2015

A poet is always in transition. A human is always in transition. That is the state of everything. Keep writing and transition positively, Souren.

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Souren Mondal 17 October 2015

Thank you Kelly.. We are always growing indeed...

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Ratnakar Mandlik 17 October 2015

Or. is it, just words placed in right places Each one chosen like a general chooses his soldiers.? . Such sort of things, in my opinion, can not be comparable with a poem. I feel that a poet inducts a soul of it's own in his poem and any poem with a soul becomes a master piece. Otherwise the thing called poem remains a write with line below line saying some thing dry, not touching reader's heart.7 points.

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Souren Mondal 18 October 2015

Thank you for your kind assessment and rating.. I appreciate it.. P: S: Just to clarify/ defend myself, I used the analogy of 'general/soldiers' because I wanted to convey that at times writing poetry can be like fighting a war, i.e. think about a writers block.. To compose in such conditions can be no less stressful than fighting a war.. Maybe, I wasn't clear enough to make it understandable or it didn't work out well..

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