Game of being pleased

Makes you a foul guest

If you seek invitation to life

For granted.

Sushant Thapa, an eminent poet and writer from Nepal, the Himalayan country, shares his poems

Sushant Thapa (born on 26th February, 1993) is an award-winning poet from Biratnagar, Nepal who holds Master’s degree in English literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi, India. He has published five books of English poetry, namely: The Poetic Burden and Other Poems (Published in New Delhi, 2020), Abstraction and Other Poems (UK, 2021), Minutes of Merit (Kolkata, 2021), Love’s Cradle (New York, USA and Senegal, Africa, 2023) and Spontaneity: A New Name of Rhyme (New Delhi, 2023). His sixth book is ready, and about to go to the press. Sushant works as a lecturer of English in Biratnagar, Nepal. He is also the assistant editor of Himalaya Diary, an online portal published from the capital city Kathmandu of Nepal.  

Pleasing Life

Guessing the game,

You move forward.

You anticipate living

But it gets different

As you reach closer.

Only one path may be

Right,

But what it leads to can

Be rough.

You appreciate the wanderings

In case you forget

That you are an admirer

Of the game.

There is a big gap

In inviting a guest

And being one,

If you are in the game

Of pleasing life

Which is only a mortal Armour.

Game of being pleased

Makes you a foul guest

If you seek invitation to life

For granted.

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Read:  Wordplay: A Game of Life – Poetry from Nepal

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