by Aju Mukhopadhyay
When it came and built the frame
on the wall,
briskly I bruised it
by a finger.
Twice it came again
I ignored it then.
Now on the wall it has a shelter
at the back of my computer;
a frail one inch hollow tube
upside open downside closed
clipped to the wall.
It’s a tiny wasp
may be with family it lives;
they come and go.
Ain’t all the great constructions
like insect’s nest
brittle and fragile
sure to go
today or tomorrow
measured by time?
Why bother about any mark made of lime?
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ABOUT THE POET ~
Aju Mukhopadhyay, the poet, author and critic is a bilingual writer of fiction and essays. He has authored 28 books and received several poetry awards besides other honours. His works have been recognized by various national and international institutions. Many of his works have been translated in other languages and anthologised. He is a regular contributor to various magazines and e-zines in India and abroad. Five books contain critique on his poetry and his poems. Two books of Indian English Sort Stories contain his short stories. More than a dozen and a half of scholarly books contain his works on Indian English Literature. He is regularly published as writer on animals and wildlife. Conservation of Nature and Environment is the watch word of his life., List of his books of poems in English:, The Witness Tree (Poems-Writers Workshop), In Celebration of Nature (Poems), The Paper Boat (Poems), Insect’s Nest and Other Poems (Poems), Aju Mukhopadhyay’s Poems on Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Poems), Short Verse Vast Universe and Short Verse Delight (Haiku and other short verses in both the books with essays)
Last updated October 04, 2011