Biography Of A Poem Poem by Khairul Ahsan
Biography Of A Poem
Where speech fails, poetry takes over.
As if like a fetus in the womb, a poem
Is born in the brain's chamber, where
It sleeps and sometimes moves about
For an exit. Finally it finds its way out,
Silently through a computer keyboard
Or the nib of a pen, to the open world.
Where speech fails, poetry takes over.
Small poets eschew big pandemonium.
When in limelight, they feel like a hare
Caught by the beam of a passing Lorry.
They avoid noise and crowds, but join
Small groups with eloquent speeches
And share episodes of sorrow and joy.
Where speech fails, poetry takes over.
A poet's thoughts are umbilically linked
To the rhythm of his heart, harmonized.
He toys with them at the dead of night,
And wanders away to a dreamy world.
His thoughts spread their fanciful wings,
And fly out as a poem, in rhymes or not.
Dhaka
13 October 2013
nice poem...loved reading it...especially these lines: A poet's thoughts are umbilically linked/To the rhythm of his heart...His thoughts spread their fanciful wings, And fly out as a poem, in rhymes or not.
Thanks for quoting from my poem, some lines that you loved reading. I am much inspired by your appreciation, @Jasbir Chatterjee.
Lovely lines that are loaded with lessons! Well done my friend! I love the title-Biography OF A Poem.
Excellent eloquence by poetry! Where speech fails, poetry takes over.
Though I 'love' all 3 stanzas, the SECOND STANZA I think is my favorite of all 3. Bravo. : ) bri
This poem is a 'favorite' to which I've given ***** stars today. : ) On the other hand, SOME poems I've read (by others) might better have been aborted, ....BUT their 'mother(s) ' might not agree with me. : )))
Khairul, I love your poem, its theme of the development and birth of a poem, especially 'umbilically linked'.
*** 'The word limelight came to have its figurative meaning of 'at the center of attention' in 1877. Definitions of limelight. noun. a focus of public attention.'
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Where speech fails, poetry takes over. A poet's excellent thought motivates others frequently. Poetry carries tenderness. A beautifully penned shared here is definitely an excellent poem...10
Thank you, @Kumarmani Mahakul, for your thoughtful appreciation of the poem. I am much inspired by your comment.