You don’t want to see, the mind of a poet
His heart bleeds, heart-burn; wild-fire.
Shakil Kalam, a renowned poet from Bangladesh, shares his poems
Writer Shakil Kalam, born in Feni district of Bangladesh, received a Master’s Degree in Governance Studies from the University of Dhaka. Having also a diploma course on IAS and IFRS from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB), he is known as a Central Banker, Corporate Governance and Internal Audit Specialist, Researcher, Poet, Translator as well as Child-Litterateur. He was engaged as an Additional Director in the Central Bank of Bangladesh. He attends as a keynote speaker in the seminars, symposiums and discussion meetings at Dhaka University and other private universities. His book “A Handbook of Corporate Governance in Bangladesh” is enlisted as a reference books and taught in several universities including the University of Dhaka. Shakil Kalam started writing in his boyhood.
The author has personally tried to discuss various inconsistencies, inequalities, disillusion, hypocrisy, human suffering and the degradation of human moral and social values in his writings. But in recent times, new dimensions have come in his writings. In his scathing writings, politics, economics, cultural aggression, economic class discrimination, social values, scarcity of democratic values and culture, lack of democratic governance and deficiency of institutionalization of democracy are vigorously highlighted.
He has been writing stories, poems, rhymes, essays, columns, and translated articles in different languages. His published book numbers are more than thirty-nine and are the best sellers. His poems have been translated into 40 languages around the world. He has travelled to India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Dubai, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia to participate in seminars, symposiums and conferences. Furthermore, he is the founder and administrator of the literary community group “Shahityapata.” He received various awards, certificates and honors from different international literary groups. Recently he achieved “Order of Shakespeare Medal- 2021” and “Gujarat Sahitya Academy Award-2021” and the World Welfare Council’s prize “Global Prestigious Award-2021” on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti 2021. Moreover, he is the member Dhaka University Political Science and Master in Governance Studies Alumni Associations. He is the Executive Editor of the international bilingual literary magazine titled “Dipon” as well as member of the global English literary journal’s Advisory Board of “ENGLIT” and “Unending Quest. He is the International Ambassador for the Chamber of Writers and Artists in Spain.
The Poetic Mind
You don’t want to see, the mind of a poet
His heart bleeds, heart-burn; wild-fire
If the bulb of his chest is removed;
Life on a pacemaker
Broken his all pride
The mystery of your smile today
It suppresses the desires deep in the heart
The poet is now trapped in dilemmas and qualms
You may not know, but the poet’s inside burning secretly
The body of a loved one is lying in his marble eyes;
The blue eyes girl from a far city is lying in his inked.
He wanted to build lifelong bonds.
Copper-colored Sulata pronounced “let’s go”
So that melancholic
Poet’s mind………………
All of his mirths are spoiled;
The breeze of the South window
Don’t you see, distressed surroundings
How silent the house is!
The dream poet is now only…
Clinging to the white paper.
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On White Canvas
You built a temple of memory in the corner of my heart
Suddenly the memories began to fall like Nyctanthes
One day you sent a picture of your terminal/ultimate illness
Chanting about it, you have gotten lost quickly.
You disappear from social media….
Messenger, Facebook, WhatsApp, IMO, Viber etc.
Millions of people want to know about you.
They have not seen your smiling face for a long time.
Devotees are distraught and afflicted without seeing your picture.
Suddenly you informed with the desire of the heart,
Bruises your hand; image of the bandaged hand.
The souls of your loved ones are shaken
Seeing your pathetic condition.
You crushed the love stored in the core of the heart.
Once again you are lost in the darkness of the new moon
The ice of faith is melting and entering into anxiety;
You have lost in the stars of the blue sky.
Oh dear, a little bit ago it rained flowers;
A very beautiful rainbow was seen in the eastern sky.
Your moon face is in the full moonlit night
Like a pole star;
It floated in the white canvas of the distant sky.
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The Poetic Mind is a very well thought poem and the philosophy of life has been described in it with the help of our fatal organs of body which as a whole make a sensible person. The spirit of human beings is sensibility which makes them super creature in the domain of living organisms. Shakil Kalam is a learned person and his poems demands highly educated person to get into the depth of poems. It is not easy to get into his poems to appreciate properly. His poems like The Poetic Mind seems simple in the first sight but complex in his thought process. I rejoice in reading his poems. My all praises and accolades are herewith meant for his wonderful contributions.
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