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.”
Immortal Feelings
Let me think
One word
To talk about the day.
Let me feel
One feeling
To talk about the night.
Let me draw
One drawing
To color life.
I dwell in my garden
I attain
The University of Imagination
Let me be one lesson
That rethinks the ambition
Of escaping time
Running away
With the modern cobweb.
Being me
Is the true
Unselfish desire.
It does not create misfortune
On the less fortunate ones and
Every possible door greets
Everyone.
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