Sushant Thapa
Hailing from Biratnagar, Nepal, Sushant Thapa 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.”
Habitual Tool
The road to calmness,
The first spring flower,
The dragonflies
Dancing beneath the blue
Of the sky.
One touch of the clay
To paint faces;
A child’s freedom in a play.
No broken smiles.
The tough caricature
Setting its foot on the sand.
I can wave at the sky
Embrace the mountains
And sleep on the dewy grass
To find myself again and again.
The chaos doesn’t have a face.
Words set me free
I lose not a cost of being alive.
Way down my intentions are meant
Not to hurt.
Poetry a habitual tool.
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