Scripting the Immortality – A Poem from Nepal
Sushant Thapa, an eminent poet from Nepal, the Himalayan country shares his fresh poem.
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.”
Scripting the Immortality
We are immortals
Among the inkers.
Trespassers can admire
The garden of dreams.
Brave steps are to be taken
When the war is within.
Dead logs
Do not sleep to awake.
We are grasses
We grow between the stones.
Speak of the pain
The forsaken ones
Have stories untold.
Mortality can be changed
To immortality,
Desires and deeds
Can be scripted.
There are minutes of worthiness
When admiration
Teaches a lesson.
The artist appreciates the art
And rest is timelessness.
In the beautiful hour
Tiny hands learn to write.
No meanings are concrete
When free flowers are
Decorated in descriptions.
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