POETIC DELIGHTS BY SHIKAR MOHAMMED KIBRIAH-BANGLADESH

 

1. Rail-line or Riverine

With a surprise I perceive it is stronger

Than telepathy 

As It is truly a telekinesis. 

Recent topsy-turvy made me puzzled

To think it like a rail-line or riverbanks. 

I am rapt if it is riverine or like a rail-line.

It is, either appeared just like a rail-line

Passing through the midst of city life,

Crowd, hill-tracts, forests and

Lonely landscape,

Or, a river that's cool, calm and gently 

Flowing through the human habitation

Of true ordinary life 

Instinctively holds a lovely nature,

Culture and artistic skill visually 

In the landscape of vast cornfield

Where paddy, yellow mustard,

Pasturage 

With a grazing herd, a banyan shadow,

Shepherds 

And swamps, bitterns, marsh paddy,

Darker plumage cormorant portrait

Its banks 

Enlarged to the nearest downing sky

With boats, boatmen and touchy

Downstream songs.

Riverbanks, face to face, like a rail-line

Even if the rail-line cannot touch 

Their breadth or depth, but

The highness of our harmonic thoughts

Overflows the banks of the river

While you told me a tale just what

I wanted to tell you.

2. A Half Lying Moon

If my sense of dream would be a sensitivity 

I could have a mild moon in my hand

Like a half lying fair lady.

I have a white pigeon living in my mind

That holds dreams of love, peace and beauty 

In her white feather.

Even if I could not realize how a sensitive dream 

Could be a song of human light

When our sensible deer is often bloodied 

By the dream killer human tiger!

Who could believe in having a dreamy fruit 

From this bad dream tree!

And who can conceive a dreamy child 

And break her barrenness!

I won't return to this perceptive world

And will be hung up in my dreamt sky 

As a half lying moon.

With a waking sleep I'll have a dream 

Of just picking----

3. Skyline

Magic of limited fallacy

In unlimited outer space.

It's illusion—says scientists.

.

I see deepest blue at daytime, 

Unlimited astral garden

When night comes.

Is it really an illusion of blue,

Or a dispersion-scatter plot

Of astral lightning?

Limitation of eyeshot builds a blue sky

Visually existent! Then should I tell you

Disability has an amazing ability too?

Imagine, no sky here actually.

No cover for eyesight

Or any landing spot.

Vision nevertheless going on—

A nonstop going

Vanishes nothingness, hence

How long?

Thoughtful ship sinks into a foggy sea-like blue;

Spaceship rounds in sky-like nothingness 

Leaving behind sky after sky.

Therefore, real sky? Seven skies? House of God?

No, nothing! Is it possible? If yes, then how and

where He would be resided to be  creative!

Someone sings in a nearby hut—

"Millions of stars in the sky;

 but moon is only one"!

Rushed to the spot and asked—

"where's the sky?"

He has raised his hand to the up; 

Dark night has captured the blue sky 

Even though well set bulbs are shining.

"Where is the moon?"

Setting two hands on the cheek of his wife, 

He says,

"This is the moon"!

A meaningful speculation of nothingness

Brightens a beautiful skyline and vanishes all

Of cloudy atmosphere from the existing sky.

AUTHOR:

SHIKDAR MOHAMMED KIBRIAH-BANGLADESH

SHIKDAR MOHAMMED KIBRIAH, born on 1st July, 1968, in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Masters in philosophy, is a globally published, awarded, translated and featured world renowned poet, essayist, story writer, critic, translator, ambassador and philosopher. He writes in Bangla and English. He is a global poetry promoter and literary personality,founder and president, Poetry and Literature World Vision. He is personalized as an international adviser of Farsala Academy, Greece,  member of Farsala Academy, Greece, International Organization of United Volunteers, Egypt, Literature and Cultural Council, Center for Global Auditorium (CGA), USA, International Literary Association ILA Tribune, Germany, SAP. Poland, Advisor, Prodigy Life Academy, USA, Editorial Advisor, Prodigy Magazine, USA, Distinguished Scholar, Scholar Consortium, International Academy of Ethics, India, member, Editorial Committee, World Poetry Yearbook, China, Organizing Committee and Juri, Walt Whitman International Literary Competition and Friedrich Von Schiller Int. Competition, Germany, and he is an ambassador of world peace, love and humanity appointed by different literary, cultural and humanitarian forums active globally. His basic books published are 21 so far. Among them ten on poetry, eight on prose and three on story. The last prose book is 'Philosophic Discourse of Poetry and Art' and the poetry book is 'Selected English Poetry, Volume 1'. Both are published by Prodigy Published, USA on Amazon.Shikdar is the editor in chief of the high profile encyclopedic anthology series 'World Contemporary Poets Vol.1,2'. His writings have been translated and published in 50 principal languages of the world. He has been globally featured as a 'Global Poet', 'Cover Personality' and 'Global Peace Ambassador' many times. He participated in world poetry conferences, fairs, festivals, recitals and literary conclaves and performed as a jury, discussant and speaker globally.

His literary, poetic and philosophic works are published in AZAHAR Revista Poetica, Spain, Atunis Poetry Galaxy, Belgium, The Poet Magazine, UK, Prodigy Magazine, USA, Humanity Magazine Global, Venezuela, Raseef81, Germany,  Polis Magazine, Greece, Kultura, Serbia,THE AsiaN/Arab, Egypt etc.His poems have been published in world class Anthologies like Atunis Galaxy Anthology- 2022, Belgium, Candles of Hope, Tunisia, World Poets Serbia Anthology/2021, Compassion, Bosnia-USA, World Poetry Yearbook 2021 and 2022, China, Let Us Breathe, USA, Pol Prose Poetry, UK, Arabian Nights, Egypt, Cosmic Poetry, India, World Poetic Circle, China, Poetic Voices of the world, Mexico, English Poets Bangladesh, USA, Bengali English Poets, USA, World Contemporary Poets, Vol. 1, Bangladesh, Global Change Makers, India,and so many.

He is interviewed on 21st Century Critical Thought: A post modern Voice Volume-3 and A Handbook of Contemporary Ethics with Mr. Dr. Jernail Sing Anand India, in Writers Mirror, Assam, India on poetry with Mr. Bipul Chandra Kalita, In Kultura online newspaper with Madam Valentina Novkovic, Serbia on poetry, philosophy and contemporary world crisis, in Prodigy Magazine with Mr. Zlatan Demirovich, USA on poetry and philosophy, in Polispress Magazine online journal, Greece with Madam Eva Petropoulou Lianou on poetry,in Raseef81 Magazine with Taghrid Bou Merhi on poetry and philosophy, in Dipon Literary Magazine, Bangladesh with Mr. Shakil Kalam on contemporary poetry, in Argentina poetry festival with Madam Mirta Maria Ramirez, Argentina, in el-massar elarabi with Turkia Loucif, Algeria, with Sayeeda Sharmin on contemporary poetry and world crisis, Canada,and Bangladesh Television with poet Abid Azad.

His literary, poetic and philosophic works are frequently published globally in many languages like Bangla, English, Spanish, Arabian, China, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, German, Russian, Italian etc.

 

For his brilliant contribution in world poetry and literature he has been awarded and certified lots as a Global Poet, Literary Laurel, Elite Diamond Writer, Universal Gold Star , Universal Excellence, Poetic Excellence, The most influential personality, Golden Heart, Best personality, Poet for Peace etc.