My poem reviewed by honorable reviewer Prof Dr Sri Nirakar Dash Department of English Assam University.
Humbled & Honoured.
JUST A WORD !
With painful memories, many unspoken
Sandwiched between hope & despair
The winter has nipped all my pleasures
Killing me slowly amidst uncertainties
Me taking bath in a pool of my blood
My heart has built a castle in the wind
Just a word & controversies do pop up
I stand alone in the desert of solitude
For this world won’t love to come again
To get me out of this ceaseless trouble.
©®Dr Prasana Kumar Dalai@India.
Date. Mon,, 02 September 2024.
REVIEW
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The poem,”Just a Word” by Dr Prasanna Kumar Dalai,deals with an ongoing controversy and difference of opinion between the poet and his betrothed.Unable to express himself in every aspect to convince her, he is caught between hope and despair.Deep attachment can’t lead the poet to the point of fore shaking hope altogether — teaching us the concept of right and wrong in this mundane world.The hardship and struggle undertaken for her has led to uncertainties.Winter, standing for death, makes the poet entertain doubts if he could ever succeed in love during his life time.As “there is many a slip betwixt the cup and the lip”, nothing can be predicted given the circumstances.”Blood”,here representing erotic passion,as in Donne ‘s “The Flea”, make him nearly lose his mind.When everything is considered, seeing no help in the offing, the poet says that love “won’t come” in this life to bring a stop to his “ceaseless suffering” Very appealing poem Dr Prasanna Sir 🙏 . Congratulations 🎉🎉 and regards .
