Prof Sonjoy’s in his fourth and concluding part continues with his legacy of Bengal’s folk music. An exclusive for Different Truths.
You are
No more the you
That I knew
Your snaking plaits do not sway today
To the wind’s flute in its wayward way
No lightning streaks across your eyes,
To the roll of the thunder, its fall and rise.
No more do you smile, your sweet soft smile
Lost in your memories and your dreams for a while.
You are
No more the you
That I knew
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Sonjoy Dutta-Roy, Professor, Department of English, University of Allahabad, has published three volumes of Poetry. The Absent Words was published by Writers Workshop Kolkata in 1998, followed by Into Grander Space again from Writers Workshop in 2005, followed by Diary Poems and Story Tellers Rhymes by Author House Bloomington, USA in 2012. He is involved with Theatre and has Directed several plays and acted in many including Karnad’s Hayavadana, Elkunchwar’s Autobiography, Mohan Rakesh’s One Day in Aashad and Aadhe Adhure, Tagore’s Dak Ghar and Dattani’s Tara, among many others.
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It’s beautiful.. short, simple yet evocative of lost spring..
Love the way the rhythm is so close to the original song…!
What a cadence! Beautiful.💖