Poetry
Lamp of grief
Nothing is meaningless if speech and silence
fill void, flowing in the same force,
and no one blocks the road to dreaming.
20 July 2023, 13:07 PM
My van my grief
I tried to be renamed in the middle
But my van and I have never been apart!
19 July 2023, 12:55 PM
Cosmopolitan Dream
I see you, with whatever half awake, sleep drifting irises, I see you.
Dusted in the shelves of unread books, I see you and I know you,
They will never know you but I do, in ways you are afraid.
17 July 2023, 13:00 PM
for my weeping mother
her heart was a two seater
unfit for a family so big
i grew to be a woman mirrored in her shadow when she was younger
7 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Cog against the machine
you spend what you make to make what you spend,
and you do it today to do it all over again
7 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Shamim Reza creates new frontiers with his new poetry collection
Over the last 30 years, he has received multiple national and international literary awards for his work. He is, currently, the vice-president of PEN International, Bangladesh chapter.
6 July 2023, 06:13 AM
On rainy days and reading
The fact of the matter was this: the poem had been written, the call had been answered, and as lofty as it sounds—at that moment there I was, as Frank O'Hara put aptly—"the center of all beauty! / writing these poems!/ Imagine!".
23 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Memory
Memory is a winding range
Of coniferous mountain pine
Catching the fiery light
23 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Dark, blue night
Like wild leopard's skin, I spread out my hair
The dark night uncurls with his roaring fleet;
I pounce on his chest, bare foot, like Kali–
23 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Concrete sorrow
We grasp on and we hold tight.
22 June 2023, 10:23 AM
Baba
try my best to paint the place blue
Pouring all the sorrow after you
With no colour left in my palette,
As though the canvas breathes its last
18 June 2023, 13:30 PM
Heathen
Spirit breaks at home along with love mingled with innocence.
16 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Droplets of eternity
Dissipated, my thoughts wander finally taking refuge in sleep.
8 June 2023, 10:10 AM
I am found in fields
I am a god when I am asleep, I am found to be inside the shimmer
of water as it fights against the brilliance of the screams that emanate
from the sky
2 June 2023, 18:00 PM
PTSD
Martyrs and-slash-or heroes they call us
Is it worth all the fuss?
While they celebrate
We ache to recuperate
2 June 2023, 18:00 PM
The rebels of Madhusudan
Neeldhaja is the first Bangla poem to be written in the form of a letter; it places a female figure with a rebellious demeanor as the protagonist of a historical narrative.
2 June 2023, 13:00 PM
How my admiration for Kazi Nazrul Islam evolved over the years
Kazi Nazrul Islam’s work remains just as relevant and beautiful 123 years after his birth.
25 May 2023, 12:42 PM
Reading ‘memory’ with Sehri Tales and Sister Library
The event, themed ‘Memory,’ took place on Sunday, May 21 at Dhanmondi’s DrikPath Bhaban, supported by Goethe-Institut Bangladesh and HerStory Foundation
24 May 2023, 10:42 AM
Embracing whole-ness
It's time to take care of ourselves, both mind and soul,
To live a life that is complete and whole.
19 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Curtain call
The curtain rises, silence engulfs the theatre,
18 May 2023, 09:25 AM