{"id":1828,"date":"2012-10-22T15:44:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T15:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/?page_id=1828"},"modified":"2012-10-22T15:44:19","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T15:44:19","slug":"sonnet-mondal-1012","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/archives\/sonnet-mondal-1012\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonnet Mondal, 10\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time in front of the Bore Hole<\/strong><\/p>\n

Foothold falters near the
\nborehole hiding
\na hysterical cloud of armed citizen.<\/p>\n

Ashes of inspiring forerunners
\nstill hot in valour
\ncleared by moving spades
\nbreak the dam of toleration
\nof wives and children
\ninto traumatic sobs.<\/p>\n

The borehole unleashes the beasts
\ninside thousand men
\nsqueezing outside reform and
\nrun as wolves in a land barren
\nof other creatures.<\/p>\n

Ages pass by
\nand they feed on each other
\n(death just an accident)<\/p>\n

with relatives lying in one heap
\nand borehole blowing fire
\nto create another lot of ashes<\/p>\n

for my feet to tremble
\nand labour clearing another era.<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

Iran 1980<\/strong><\/p>\n

Forgotten martyrs of war
\ncrushed under repeated strikes
\nlay frozen behind the photo
\nof Iran 1980…<\/p>\n

Behind the Iranian emblem
\nof Khorramshahr
\ncarnivorous tanks
\nlike a spitting cobra
\nshoot out venom to
\nmark the doom of another empire.<\/p>\n

Evolution paused by a bullet rain
\nunleashes the midnight shiver
\nto crawl, brawl and ruin
\ngenders without discrimination.<\/p>\n

The meaning of celebration
\nwas occasional smiles
\nfeaturing burnt teeth
\nexposing blackened tongue
\nwhich can no more crack jokes
\nbut scream
\nin rivalry with roaring fires.<\/p>\n

A rough picture caves in history
\nlike scavengers eating inside the motionless
\nbackdrop of a vain triumph.<\/p>\n

*Khorramshahr: City in Iran<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sonnet Mondal is an award winning bestselling Indian English poet and has authored eight books of poetry. He was bestowed Poet Laureate from Bombadil Publishing, Sweden in 2009. His works have appeared in several international literary publications including The Macedonian Stremez, The Penguin Review( Youngstown State University), Two Thirds North (Stockholm University), International Gallerie, The Journal(Poetry Society of India), World Poets Quarterly, The Journal of Poetry Society of India, Holler( Princeton Poetry Project), Friction Magazine (New Castle University), Foliate Oak Journal( University of Arkanas) and Other Voices Poetry Project(endorsed by UNESCO) to name a few. He was inducted in the prestigious Significant Achievements Plaque at the museum of Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur in 2011, nominated for Pushcart Prize in 2011 and was featured as one of the Famous Five of Bengali youths by India Today magazine in 2010. Sonnet is the pioneer of the 21 line Fusion Sonnet form of Poetry. At present he is the managing Editor in Chief of The Enchanting Verses Literary Review, Editor ofBest Poems Encyclopedia, Poetry Editor of The Abandoned Towers Magazine and the Sub Secretary General of Poetas Del Mundo.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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