POETIC DELIGHTS BY SHAKIL KALAM-BANGLADESH

 

1. The Visible and the Invisible 

When the wind flows, the tree leaves sway; 
The wind is invisible, but plants are visible;
The result is seen as leaves' are moving.
Trees take in Carbon-di-oxide from the air — and discharge Oxygen; and animal world, accept it,
Truly, wind and megafauna are complementary. 

State, people, government, sovereignty —  responsibility, accountability and transparency are interdependent
Their bond is like that of earth, waterbody, and cosmos: 
These are exist tethered in an invisible thread. 

Yet there exists an even more unseen being; 
All of us search for Him, wandering. 
Billions of years have passed us by — 
Still, none has found Him. 
Even so, we must be believed, 
As we trust the bond between country and sovereignty. 


2. Whip

You don't wake up like "Kumbhakarna," the harsh ringtone of the phone;
With the echo of the call to prayer or the sound of the drums on "Vijayadashami."
From the other end of the phone, the restless mind screams,
Still, your profit and loss account doesn't agree up.
Was what you got, what you wanted too?
No, I don't think, how a person can be so thoughtless !
It was inevitable that you would get many things in the future!
Why did you do such a foolish thing even though you knew for sure!
You killed a simple-minded person with a sharp whip!
His soul, like a golden piece of iron, burning in the blacksmith's fire,
As if it is being burned in the fire pit of pyre.


3. Poetry of the First Moon

She told me that she loved me very much!
But love made at the North and South Poles?
When you send "MOG" on Facebook, does it become love?
Is saying "I love you" truly making love?
If you don't say the words, is love not there?
Love speaks clearest when two pairs of eyes meet.
A woman deaf to the language of the gaze
Will never understand love with her heart –
Oh, the immense, unfathomable power!

Beneath the full moon's glow, stars pierce the sky.
Fireflies burn and fade across the earth,
Like embers of a dream from yesternight.
Full moonlight can't be caught or touched,
Only felt deep within the silent heart.
Love is volatile, hard as camphor;
It mingles with the air, will not return.
Yet with a cool, soft touch, it may revive.
Hold love gently, with a caressing hand.

Oh woman! Know that my love is for you.
A world of poems waits for the First Moon's light.

AUTHOR:

Shakil Kalam-Bangladesh

Root Finder Writer Shakil Kalam was born on December 3, in Feni district in Bangladesh. He received a Master's Degree in Governance Studies from the University of Dhaka. He has completed a diploma course on IAS and IFRS from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB).  Mostly, he is renowned as a Central Banker, Corporate Governance and Internal Audit Specialist, 

Researcher, Poet, Translator as well as Child-Litterateur.  He was engaged as a Director in the Central Bank of Bangladesh. He attends as a keynote speaker in the seminars, symposiums, conferences and discussion meetings at Dhaka University and other private universities. His book "A Handbook of Corporate Governance in Bangladesh" enlisted as a reference books and taught in several public and private universities  including the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh. 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. 

Moreover, spirituality has come massively to the fore. He has been writing stories, poems, rhymes, essays, columns, and translated articles in different languages. His published book numbers are more than thirty-nine as well as these 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 honours 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 founder and administrator of the literary community group "SahityaPata." As well he is the member Dhaka University Political Science and Master in Governance Studies Alumni Associations. Moreover, 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.