Poems by Sharbaree Chaudhury

(Painting by Subhadra Acharya)

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Healing

 

Every wound is indebted.

A handful of saltwater heals it.

Tree or sky – anything can give a coating to it.

Yet the wound survives agelessly,

to repay the debt.

 

Crossing over

 

In the moist evening, when a person crosses the river alone,

the ferryman knows, in the pretence of helping the person

cross the river, he himself is making a journey from one life

to another.

 

The End

 

When a person crosses the bar,

becomes a sinner.

In the dark evening, the road I am walking on

is full of dirt.

The evergreen forest gets burnt

when there is no love.

 

Hunger and thirst remain at the end.

 
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Sharbaree Chaudhury was a research scholar in Indian Statistical Institute and visiting faculty in SNU. She has books of short story, poetry, and essays.

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  1. Poems of all of this journal came from the inner soul and experience. All poems with editorial is a classy presentation.

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