CANVASS—2(blue) -revised
(Devoted to Mrs Catrina Heart a great poet of Phillipines)
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-Biography of Raj Kumar Mukherjee Born in a mediocre family with repute, I continued my study in Commerce.Professionally a Banker with M.COM, C.A.I.I.B., A.C.I.B.(London) & I.R.D.A.worked in various Senior Managerial capacities in a Nationalised Bank both within India as well as at Brussels and Victoria, Seychelles. You may call me an intruder in the realms of poesy, which is my first love.My first published book of poems was SABDER SINRI BHENGE BHENGE (1975) and edited anthology of poems on Tagore'Tumi Sunder'(1979) I have edited no of little magazines viz ARGHYA, TUMI SUNDER, ELAM, SAHITYA O VIGNAN etc. I was also associated with EKAK, ALEKHYA, ANYADIN to name a few. My poems have been published in no of little magazines from Calcutta. Two of my books are being published at a function to be held at Calcutta University on 22nd Nov,2009. 'PATH NAY PANTHAPADAP' contains my own poems in Bengali.The other, 'AMAR MAYER KATHA' is a translation in Bengali from French of 'THE SONGS OF BEGINNING' by Belgian poet MAURICE CAREME. ' SOLILOQUY' my English collection of poems and 'VIN DESHER ALOY' translations to Bengali from poets of different countries and different languages are scheduled to be published during Book Fair in Calcutta i.e on 27-01-2010- My other interests are traveling, reading and listening to good Hindusthani or European classical music- RAJKUMAR, Dear Sir/Madam. I welcome good and bad reviews with equal affinity so that I can improve upon my standard of writings.I have joined http: //www.MyPoetryForum.com last May and appreciate your patronage& comments good or bad.My small Biography is also given above for your perusal. Look forward to your comments. Thanks and Regards Rajkumar Mukherjee Other Contact: - Page URL: http: //www.poemhunter.com/rajkumar-mukherjee/ Page Title: All Poems of Rajkumar Mukherjee Page Description: This page contains a collection of poems by Rajkumar Mukherjee)
Border Crossing
BORDER-CROSSING
you can’t cross the border in the morning
then she forgets salt
or put it twice in curry
water remains to be filled up for drinking
you leave for office in a hurry
without glancing thru the headlines
you miss the daily routine train
friends leave without you
you fail to participate
in arguments, be it cricket or politics
your chance to play card is also lost
attendance register is marked red
you feel a shortage of good reasons
before x-ray eyes of friends
your eyes search for your toe-nails
but the mind always looks for
something beyond the routine
like a caged bird
to spread wings to blue sky
all the moments’ hours daily
Rajkumar@Kolkata
24-05-2009
Rajkumar Mukherjee
your poem is very nice especially the poem 'alone'.It happens inside me also.