Contemporary World Literature Poetry from India
A Poem By Apu Mondal
About the Poet
Apu Mondal is from Kolkata now settled in South India. He is an English teacher by profession. Passionately dedicated to poetry he has written over 700 poems in English. He holds an honorary D. Lit in Poetry. Some of his poems are published in national and international anthologies. His poems deal with human concerns and nature as part of life.
He has shared one of his poem with Sindh Courier.
The Harvest
The harvest must
Carefully be stored
So rats cannot eat it
Birds cannot eye it
Burglars cannot run
Into it
And the poor grower
Who toiled with the
Earth, sweated with
The sun and got wet
In the rain, then watched
For hours and days
Till his sweat ripened
And looked lovely
Like a newly-wed girl
And smiled and bloomed.
He it is,
Waiting for God’s gift
To see him through
Happiness and sorrow,
Wiping tears of joy
And sighing in relief,
Even as the moon shone
On his balcony, the
Harvest showing it’s
Blessings
While lying in layers
Of love and affection!
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