The Birth by Soumik Kumar De

The Birth

By Soumik Kumar De

A drop

Mixes in the cake—

The lake midst the valley,

The ‘V’-shaped valley,

So pious with its herbs and shrubs

And the fragrance that comes thereto—

Tantalizes the sage’s mind.

The lavender valley

So smooth, so soft, so sober,

Slopes down the mounds—

The tomb shaped mounds

That shelters the sage

In his meditation, in elation.

The drop now

Elevates the serene lake,

The lake was thirsty of it.

Both now merge

They tremble and tremble and tremble.

About The Author

A bilingual poet Mr. Soumik Kumar De is a teacher by profession. Mr. De has several bilingual poems to his credit. His first anthology Adrikake Niye, a collection of Bengali poems, was published in 2005. His poems have been included in several journals, anthologies, and web magazines like Aulos: An Anthology of Poems, Caravan, Sangshaptak, Borderless Journal, etc. Besides he has several academic and non-academic writings. Very recently his poems have been selected for the prestigious Setu magazine.