My poem ” THE LAST LETTER OF MINE” reviewed by eminent reviewer Prof Dr Nirakar Dash Department Of English Assam University.
Humbled & Honoured.
THE LAST LETTER OF MINE !
Words must have clung to your heart
When you tore the last letter of mine
Removed rose petals from your books
Now your tears roll down for fear of loss
All our long cherished wishes fall apart
You remember when you stole my heart
You made stolen thing the house of God
You used to take my name while praying
You were afraid of missing me forever
Mere words and they were retracted
We both were lost and dissolved in love
I’m yet to find my destination sans you.
© Dr Prasana Kumar Dalai@India.
Date. Sun, 22 Sept 2024.
In the poem ” The last letter of Mine” the last letter signifies that a sequence of letters had been sent to the beloved in the past.Tearing of the last letter is a capricious and indecisive act on her part for which she repents later.In this context, Shakespeare’s famous line,”Frailty,thy name is woman” comes to the mind.The agitation following the the rash action by the beloved clearly indicates that the love was never one -sided, notwithstanding any reply ,as assumed from the poem, from her.The poet conjectures with fear that by removing “rose petals” from the “book”ie long standing love,she expunged all the love and passion she bore for him from her heart.Nearly shattered,he says: “Now tears roll down for fear of loss/” All our long cherished wishes fall apart”.”Stolen things here may represent:hopes, wishes, dreams and everything associated with a life of togetherness, with which she made s house to enshrine him as her God. Constant repetition of his name like counting beads while praying god, that is the poet’s name,amply proves that she loves him till date . Again it is a germane feeling that she is crossed in love due to the mistake on her part. Letters replete with polite and gentle words always flash back to her.Ending a relationship with cruelty after being “thoroughly lost and dissolved in love” is a death blow to male chauvinism and may irate the feminists. A little ambiguity in the poem means that human interaction is ambiguous.Very enticing poem , Prasanna Sir.Congratulatios and regards.
