Teesta Review: A
Journal of Poetry, Volume 8, Number 2. November 2025. ISSN: 2581-7094
The Musical Bower
--- Hemanta Pramanik
The single shrub
uprising rampant
among the green grass
community,
spreading tender shoots
around
as if a mother merrily
telling
stories to her own dear
children.
Small herbs and soft
grasses
looking at her in
wonder
as if they show
obedience
to their only local
guardian,
the senior among the
minors.
The sprawling shrub
looking
like a small bush
densing
in brown branches with
foliage,
pink-white flowers
though small
but conspicuous
brighten the greenery.
The shrub-turned bush
alone
like a bower to small
birdies,
they come often to
sweet home
and fly to nearby
frontiers
performing orchestra by
the day.
How merrily they spend
time!
Play pranks to others
playfully
twittering and singing
whole day,
transcending me in a
sweet dream
to enjoy the bliss of
the bower.
Oh! Hark, the cruel
axer,
‘Who dares hurt own
mother?’
Feel compassion to your
envy,
prevent the default
Satan searching
a dull desert on the
green Earth.
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Bio:
Hemanta Pramanik
(b.1971) is a bilingual poet, short story writer, children’s author, reviewer
and editor from Berhampore, West Bengal, India. An M.A., B.Ed in English
literature and by profession an English teacher. He has been widely published
in many reputed international literary magazines, journals and anthologies both
in print and online. He writes in both Bengali and English languages. He is the
chief editor of the international English literary magazine TREND SETTER
(PRGI NO. WBENG/25/A1273). SONGS OF
IMMORTALITY is his debut collection of poetry. SURVIVAL AND OTHER
STORIES is a book of his short stories.
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