Rezauddin Stalin, a renowned poet of Bangladesh shares his poem   

Rezauddin Stalin is a very famous Bengali poet, born in 1962 in Nalbhanga village of Greater Jessore district. Many local and foreign awards including Bangla Academy. His poems have been translated into 42 languages ​​of the world. Along with poetry he established himself as a successful media personality. The poem has been translated by Ashraf Chowdhury.

The Castle of Paper

Kafka- did he know an innocent to be hanged

For enjoying the beauty of a fort

Who knows not most of the convicts are innocent

In fact the man is worshipper of beauty- poet

The castle of ruler is of weapons

And the poet’s is of paper

The soldiers of emperors fight for death

The letter forces of a poet for the hope of victory

The castle of power is confused by ammunition

The essence of emptiness

And the castle of paper

Drip drop letters of love- bonfire.

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 I enjoyed reading poems and I had some new ideas about poetry– says Rezauddin Stalin in an interview published in Polis Magazine 

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