Teesta Review: A Journal of Poetry
Call
for submissions: Volume 7, Number 1 (May 2024)
Guest Editor: Bob
DCosta
Theme: Void
Void, the most vital of the five
elements, Void that represents the infinite expanse beyond the physical realm.
It exists “beyond the balcony of the universe.” The space where all existence
originates and ultimately returns. The Void is not mere emptiness and
formlessness but a womb, and it is from this formlessness that creation begins.
Our mind is also a representation of the Void. It is where "voidian
voyage" takes place, where churning begins. Chew on this: Science says
that light travels faster than sound. But does not the mind travel faster than
light? Sitting in India, think of The Statue of Liberty and your mind instantly
can picturise the statue. And I am sure you will not disagree that mind has
travelled faster than light! Similarly, once the mindful movement is done in
the vortex, pieces of lines ooze out. Pieces of poems. So, poets, celebrate
this Void of your mind. Churn out your poems and allow the creative pieces to
be out in the universe, this universe called Teesta Review.
Bob DCosta: Married to words though
he sleeps with dusk; and poet, novelist and consulting educationist, Former
Assistant Poetry Editor, Eastlit, Thailand; Hon. D. Litt., World Academy of
Arts and Culture, California, Bob has written several books of poems and novels
in paperback and in e-book form. He has worked as a school teacher for two
decades but now teaches English to children as well as gives talks on Happiness that can be achieved by living
a simple life, minimum wants and living one day at a time, that is, living for
the Now. Bob lives in Kolkata but
meditates on the peals from Buddhist temples in the mist-laden hills of
Kurseong, from where he draws inspiration that breathes life into his poetry
and prose.
Some of his recent books are Broken Whispers, a novel in verse on the
life and times of a pavement prostitute, Sapphopolis,
a literary fiction based on The Bangladesh War of Independence and Lovers Gift and Crossing by Rabindranath
Tagore, edited by Bob Dcosta. Bob is a member of Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature, the SAARC Apex Body.
Below is a poem related to the
theme.
Void
Night
it was
the
stars in the void
each
a fit-in-the-fist stone
each
a-glisten
in
the quiet river of the mind
each
stone loosened
began
their float down-stream
the
first one shook the shoulders of the void
flattened
like bread born in the vortex
called
oven
it
flattened into a page
floated
further down
landed
on my shoulder
slipped
down to my lap
and
thus birthed
Proof
Of My Birth
my
first poem
from
the womb
Void.
Find links to some of Bob’s books:
https://amzn.eu/d/0RTbIAy
https://amzn.eu/d/4bTXpVf
https://surl.li/raaqg
https://amzn.eu/d/2MEOQ0b
Call for Submission
· Teesta Review invites submission of poems, short stories, articles and interviews. The pieces are expected to connect with the given theme in some way. Poems should be within 40 (forty) lines, short stories and articles not longer than around 3000 (three thousand) words.
· The editorial team will have full authority in selecting submitted items for publication.
·
Please email your submission as an attached word document
to bob.dcosta14@gmail.com before April 6, 2024.
We’re excited to see what you have for us.
Let us flow like the river.
-Team, TEESTA REVIEW
An International Journal of Poetry
(online)