Uncertain Poem by Khairul Ahsan

Uncertain

Rating: 5.0


Suddenly we met again that day,
On a railway carriage.
Our destinations were different,
Our glances were recurrent,
For some time we were near
Each other, though not together.

I had to disembark first,
With no word said but smiles cast,
Half acknowledged and half lost,
While I kept my fingers crossed.
Couldn't know your destination
As I didn't ask about your station.

Wondered where you would go,
Which home you would enter,
Which bed you would retire on,
And like your old habit,
Would you read a poem or two,
From the book kept under your pillow?

Would you wander to a fairyland,
While still holding the book in hand,
Would you see a dream wide awake?
Where slowly appears a poet's visage,
One that you love or not, is a mystery,
One that creeps into the lines of poetry.


Dhaka
24 January 2015
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Saturday, January 24, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: love
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Suddenly met, slowly disappeared, but the thoughts remain!
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Akhtar Jawad 25 January 2015

A nice description of the mystery of love...................10

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Khairul Ahsan 26 April 2020

Thanks for the appreciation, dear poet @Akhtar Jawad. Much obliged.

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Md Elias Uddin 27 January 2015

Would you wander to a fairyland, While still holding the book in hand, Would you see a dream wide awake? Where slowly appears a poet's visage, One that you love or not, is a mystery, One that creeps into the lines of poetry. Nice imagination!

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Khairul Ahsan 21 February 2015

@Sandra Feldman, Thanks for leaving such a remarkable comment on my poem. 'Love, Mystery, and Poetry intermingle in this rhythmical Masterpiece' is a high tribute I could have hardly imagined I deserved. Thanks from the core of my heart!

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Bri Edwards 03 February 2015

favorite lines so far: Half acknowledged and half lost, While I kept my fingers crossed. .......and nice rhyming. and: Would you see a dream wide awake? Where slowly appears a poet's visage, ........ a poet? initials: K.A.? ? a little spooky at the end. mysterious. a former love? a true experience you had? a made-up story? in any case, i enjoyed reading it twice, and shall send it to MyPoemList. bri :)

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Khairul Ahsan 27 April 2020

Thanks for picking up this poem to your 'MyPoemList'. Much inspired by the appreciative comment. It's indeed a 'made up story' as you guessed it right. :)

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Susan Lacovara 03 February 2015

Often, I think of those lost opportunities, to engage in opening a door to a dialogue, that could have unlocked the mystery of the unknown. The what it's..... I love this scribe. A story, only you can properly tell. PEACEful parting.

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Khairul Ahsan 27 April 2020

Thank you very much for your thoughtful comment, @Susan Lacovara. I have just read your wonderful poem- 'Seeking Sanity' and left a comment there.

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Khairul Ahsan 31 January 2015

@Alesia Leach, Thanks for reading my poem and appreciating it. Much obliged. Hope I shall get you more frequently on my page.

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Alesia Leach 30 January 2015

Very visual, I felt like I was standing there watching. Nicely penned.

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