In this poem, Dr Sanjukta navigates the enigmatic territory between the present and beyond in a chaotic world of fragmented identities – exclusively for Different Truths.
Stately, perpendicular Peripatetic, free flow Jig-saw puzzle In bits and pieces Gymnastics and gyration When and where Which is in play The Chess player Immersed in Subterranean identities Ideologies, Ideas Fixated, flexible Churning wildly Mismatched Chaotic I-dentities In a dizzying whirlpool Virtual fantasies Real so Unreal Split, fractured, Shards and labels I stand tall I bend double I am in trauma and in trouble I playfully remain A blundering bubble Between Here and Hereafter.
Picture design by Anumita Roy
Dr Sanjukta Dasgupta is a poet, short story writer, critic, and translator. She was a General Council of Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, member and the Convenor English Advisory Board Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. She is the President of the Intercultural Poetry and Performance Library, Kolkata and has twenty-six published books. Her poems have been translated into German, Serbian, Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Kashmiri, and Tamil.
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