by Aju Mukhopadhyay
The Fallen House
I was in my prime youth when I left the house
flooded by different hues in different rooms-
satin blue of the sky and pinkish love-rose blooms
bright yellow of the sun in the stairs
youth-wild green in the balcony;
‘twas a grandiose affair
when every wall, each nook and corner smiled
each space exuded a sense of revelry.
After long long years, moving round the reverse gear,
as I returned
few gray haired guys here and there appeared
out of the window holes
the doors opened on their own;
entering, some creatures hurried past over my feet
flew out of the walls flocks of titmice
thick cobwebs held my progress;
there was hush, there were whispers
rising up from the fallen bricks
and dismal walls gray and dull:
“Unwanted guests, undesirable activities kept them busy.
The house was not maintained colourful and clean.
They could not welcome the king.”
There was a pause as the past I remembered-
“None lives here now”- the wind answered
blowing helter-skelter with smell of dust.
© Aju Mukhopadhyay, 2011
Aju Mukhopadhyay
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Aju Mukhopadhyay
A few random poems:
- Unforgotten
- life begins tomorrow by Raj Arumugam
- Robert Burns: Canst Thou Leave Me Thus, My Katie:
- Sonet 58 by William Alexander
- Frijolita by Manolo Arriola
- Владимир Маяковский – Эй, уралец! Без помощи твоего рудника не победить разруху никак (Агитплакаты)
- Damon The Mower poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- Fragmentary Blue by Robert Frost
- Gesture Theory A Villanelle
- John Bleäke At Hwome At Night by William Barnes
- Synesthesia by Orla McGreevy
- One Sweeps By. by Walt Whitman
- Emperors And Kings, How Oft Have Temples Rung by William Wordsworth
- Monsters under the bed by Thomas J Camp
- Владимир Степанов – Кот
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- A Cliff Dwelling by Robert Frost
- A Brook in the City by Robert Frost
- A Boundless Moment by Robert Frost
- The Easter Egg Hunt by Roger Turner
- Nikolai Gumilev –
- The Land of Counterpane by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Come, My Beloved, Hear From Me by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Come, Here Is Adieu To The City by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Come From The Daisied Meadows by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Block City by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Behold, As Goblins Dark Of Mien by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Before This Little Gift Was Come by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Away With Funeral Music by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Autumn Fires by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Auntie’s Skirts by Robert Louis Stevenson
- At the Sea-Side by Robert Louis Stevenson
- At Last She Comes by Robert Louis Stevenson
- As One Who Having Wandered All Night Long by Robert Louis Stevenson
- As In Their Flight The Birds Of Song by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Armies in the Fire by Robert Louis Stevenson
More external links (open in a new tab):
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
