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looklook 84M
4553 posts
2/13/2019 12:15 am

Last Read:
2/25/2024 9:16 am

It's Spring today

Whether Flowers Bloom Or Not - Poem by Subhash Mukhopadhyay

Whether flowers
bloom or not
it's spring today

On the paved footpath
with feet dipped in stone
a rather wooden tree
laughs out loud
chest bursting with fresh green leaves
Whether flowers bloom or not
it's spring today.

The days of masking the sun
and then unmasking it
of laying people down in the lap of death
of picking them up again
those days that have passed this way
let them not return
That lad of many voices
who for a coin or two
would chirp like a koel down the street
in the ceremonial yellow of twilight?
those days have taken him away

With the sky like a red and yellow wedding invitation
on her head
clasping the railing to her breast
a dark and ugly unwed girl down this alley
played with such idle thoughts
Right then
there fluttered in, shamelessly, right onto her body,
oh damnation! A stupid, awful, foolish butterfly!
Then the sound of a door slamming shut.
Hiding his face in the dark
that sinewy tree
was still laughing.

[Translated by Antara Dev Sen]












looklook 84M
3925 posts
2/13/2019 12:54 am

It's spring today where I live!


Archer62 83F
7051 posts
2/13/2019 4:31 am

IT IS NOT SPRING YET HERE BUT THE WEATHER IS LOVELY. IN FACT THIS TIME OF YEAR IS OFTEN NICER THAN EARLY SPRING. THANKS FOR THE INTERESTING POEM AND BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS LOOK.


looklook 84M
3925 posts
2/13/2019 6:47 am

    Quoting Archer62:
    IT IS NOT SPRING YET HERE BUT THE WEATHER IS LOVELY. IN FACT THIS TIME OF YEAR IS OFTEN NICER THAN EARLY SPRING. THANKS FOR THE INTERESTING POEM AND BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS LOOK.
I am sure that you have read the English romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley's Poem "Ode to the West Wind". Here is a line picked up from the poem for you to read again:
Quote...O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? unquote
Archer, we wait ever year to welcome the first day of spring- the season that symbolizes new life.
Thanks for liking the photos. Stay well and safe always.



Rocketship 79F
18528 posts
2/13/2019 1:22 pm

The tiny buds are usually poking their heads out of the sun-warmed ground about now, but this year, we still have snow!! Sighhhh~~~ How delightful your pictures are!!


MrsJoe 76F
17306 posts
2/13/2019 4:22 pm

Today's sunshine gives us a flirtatious reminder that spring is coming..... but not before more wintry weather.

Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.


looklook 84M
3925 posts
2/13/2019 9:33 pm

    Quoting Rocketship:
    The tiny buds are usually poking their heads out of the sun-warmed ground about now, but this year, we still have snow!! Sighhhh~~~ How delightful your pictures are!!
Spring will be around you soon, Rocketship! No doubt, the nature will get colorful once again! Please wait for the moments. Nature has not yet learned to disappoint us. Thanks for liking the photos selected by me. Stay well and happy.


looklook 84M
3925 posts
2/13/2019 9:41 pm

    Quoting MrsJoe:
    Today's sunshine gives us a flirtatious reminder that spring is coming..... but not before more wintry weather.
No doubt, we humans have caused nature to become erratic. But it has not forgotten us totally! It will shine once again with all its splendor! Take care ,Mrs. Joe. Stay well and cheerful.