(21 September 1972 - / Jessore / Bangladesh)

poet Sayeed Abubakar
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A Fairy Tale

Once these paths were rivers,
these fields the processions of water.

One day on the paths used to go a princess in pea-cock shed.
On these paths with huge goods the merchants used to move.

These paths were rivers,
these fields the processions of water.

In these fields the silvery fishes, touching the uprising waves,
how nicely rolled up and down in the dark water!

Pedestrian,
Have I told you a fairy tale?

Submitted: Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Edited: Sunday, May 13, 2012

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  • Poetheart (going) (2/11/2013 5:31:00 PM)

    But the nature prevails always. Thanks god! Well done Poet and thanks for sharing with us your poetry!

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  • Waseem A Malla (1/5/2013 10:58:00 AM)

    a nice poem... Genuine concern..

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  • Chandra Thiagarajan (12/6/2012 8:40:00 AM)

    That the paths which were rivers and the fields processions of water have all now vanished makes you tell a fairy tale.Wonderful! Thanks for sharing

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  • Musfiq Us Shaleheen (11/29/2012 3:26:00 AM)

    nicely deliver the time under a buried river.

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  • Abaka Blessing (11/19/2012 5:19:00 AM)

    nice illustration, nice poem

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  • S.zaynub Kamoonpuri (11/11/2012 11:46:00 PM)

    A pretty poem with river imagery that is great to picture. Like it lots.

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  • * Sunprincess * (11/5/2012 8:27:00 AM)

    wow..thanks for writing this it shows how man is destroying
    mother nature by building shopping malls, roads, parking lots
    and such..excellent write.. :)

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  • Sayeed Abubakar (11/5/2012 7:04:00 AM)

    Thanks, dear Mirna Morgan. If you ever come in Bangladesh, you will find how true my poem is in the context of my dear motherland. We have lost almost all our big and small rivers.

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  • Poetheart (going) (11/5/2012 5:39:00 AM)

    They took your river but remains a path! ! ! Not so good but at least something is there! Beautiful

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  • Hari Smith Holms (5/1/2012 10:41:00 AM)

    Very nice translation.I like it.

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