Sushant Thapa
A poet from Biratnagar, Nepal holds a Master’s degree in English literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has published three books of poetry namely: The Poetic Burden and Other Poems (New Delhi, 2020), Abstraction and Other Poems (UK, 2021) and Minutes of Merit (Kolkata, 2021). He has been published in places like The Gorkha Times, The Kathmandu Post, and several international magazines. He has also been published in national and International anthologies. One of his poems is included in the Paragon English book for Grade 6 students in Nepal. He teaches Business English to Bachelor’s level students of BBA and BIT at Nepal Business College, Biratnagar, Nepal. Recently he recited his poem “The Poetic Burden” in Kalinga Literary Festival, Kathmandu, Nepal. He was recently awarded with Indology Best Poet Award 2022 from West Bengal, India for his debut poetry book “The Poetic Burden and Other Poems.”
Flowering Love
I am free
Like the blowing breeze.
I can be a touch
That gives you memories.
Love comes once
And you can build a castle to retire.
We will be old together
Wrinkles on our youth
Will not crumple our love.
The alphabets of your name
That I call
My bare mind can still recall.
A worldly game of existence
Is a true test
Life is a complete poem
Different for readers
Who have lived like words
In chain and togetherness.
Words are never alone
They are my lovely companions
Like your senses
Where I am the flowering fragrance.
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