Stallions Ghore Fera Split Mind Art by Partha

Caravan of Life

Author: Hillol Ray | Posted on: 15th, Jun, 2021

The caravan of life has travelled many miles,
Over the hedges behind trees along the way-
While blue sky and green Earth greeted me, the driver,
But now we rest at home near a bridge night and day!
The wild horses of desire, at their own leisure neighed,
And tossed me from East to West, and North to South-
But the ship with loaded cargo of fear, without any cheer,
Moored to make my both ends meet from hand to mouth!
The desires that desired to sweep out my soul,
Along the superhighways of romance for sure-
Often searched for the craziest adventures,
When the caravan was young for a self-cure!
My soul was then an ageless pawn, from dusk till dawn,
But sank deeply into the gleaming mask of night or day-
And the flare of naphtha lights flickered in the winds,

Through the open windows and quietly stayed at bay!
Now the whirling dusts along the caravan’s paths settled,
And the budding hedges behind trees stand so clear again-
So the golden sun appears like a hole of light,
To be stolen by a hero of the sky truly in vain!
The hedges are like the restless Bedouins,
But they do love to live in their own pack-
And the age-old trees portray the old men in their den,
Who guard the doorways but want their youth back!!!

“Milestone”
June 14, 2021

Comments »

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL

Leave a comment

What’s new

 

Our Picture Board

https://usbengalforum.com/ourpictureboard/

https://www.amazon.com/Detour-Incredible-Tales-That-Take/dp/1943190224

 

p/1943190224Paperback and e-book formats. Please click below:

https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=zLrHEAAAQBAJ
Editor’s book:
https://www.archwaypublishing.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/829905-born-in-heaven
Poems –  Poems of Twilight Years from Kamal Acharyya.

Arts – Partha Ghosh

Q1 – 2026 contributors (School & College)
Tirthankar Das
Jhelum Chatterjee
Deblina Singha Roy

Q3-2025 contributors (School and College)
Arhon Jana
Molay Konar
Anuska Saha
Ayush Roy
Sagnika Sinha

Deep appreciation for many young contributors in all categories.

Quotes

Funniest Quotes about ageing

“Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative.”
– *Maurice Chevalier*

HAPPY AGEING AND GROWING

Day's history

1st June

1819 William Carey, Ward, and Marshman established the Serampore College in Bengal.
1836 Charles Darwin returns to Cape Town in South Africa
1962 SS officer Adolf Eichmann is executed in Israel after being found guilty of war crimes

2nd June

1875 Alexander Graham Bell makes first sound transmission
1964 Lal Bahadur Shastri elected premier of India

3rd June

1915 Sir’ knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
1989 Beginning of the Tiananmen Square Massacre as Chinese troops open fire on pro-democracy supporters in Beijing
1989 Ayatollah Khomeini [Ruhollah Khomeini], Supreme leader of Iran (1979-89), dies of a heart attack at 89

4th June

1896 Henry Ford takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit
1951 Actress Janet Leigh (23) weds actor Tony Curtis (26) in Greenwich, Connecticut

5th June

1984 Indira Gandhi orders an attack on Sikh’s holiest site, the Golden Temple
1984 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader died

6th June

1967 Israeli troops occupy Gaza during the second day of the Six-Day War
1972 Explosion at world’s largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie, Rhodesia)

7th June

1631 Begum Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan, Emperor of India, passed away at Burhanpur a few hours after the birth of a daughter. She was married in 1612 and the Taj Mahal was built for her.
1893 Gandhi’s first act of civil disobedience.

Day's humor

Week's Horoscope

Horoscope