Jasbir Chatterjee Poems

A good government
Always works like a good parent;
Quietly, sincerely,
Honestly, unobtrusively,
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Speech is silver
And silence, they say, is gold.
But when bitter words remain
Unuttered
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Your easy laughter
Your jokes and smiles
And your jovial manner
Makes me feel so good, so comfortable…
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दरवाजे खटाक से खुले
और मैं भीतर आयी...
कैसा भला सुखद अनुभव था
हट कर दूर चले आना
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When the harsh summer
Surrenders
To the charms of the gentle autumn,
Everything seems to be so beautiful…
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Holi, the annual Festival of Colors
Came and left this year on the same day...
Dutifully, as per her usual custom...
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My daughter would turn 10 next month…
I find it hard to believe!
It seems only yesterday
That she was born….
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One by one,
They fall;
the red clots of my blood...
And all I can do is
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I am 49,
Going on 50.

I ought to take it easy,
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A pigeon and his paramour
Sat under a roof,
Inhaling deeply the cool morning air,
On one lovely day of Spring.
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