Επιμέλεια: Εύα Πετροπούλου Λιανού
Chorus of Simplicity
I have time by my side now,
Tomorrow it may be lost.
I carry the purse of my today
With caring hands.
You will see me
Enjoying life.
I take the lesson
From the cracked walls.
The urban graffiti
Is my freedom.
Paint the misery
With colors of happiness,
The drenching choruses
Of songs, decorate
My mood.
Symphony, affection
And recollection
Are gifts
From the depth of life.
In simplicity,
Some people romanticize
Rain,
And sleep under stars,
In mud beds.
In the Name of Living
Coming from the depth
No sky can be finite.
Life is a caring affection.
Smokes from the past,
Cloud no present.
Future is in present deeds.
Like a glowing presence
Dreams have roads,
There is a walk of life
That leads to the destination.
Friendly hours
Are life’s smiling alleys,
Every day is a vacation
Above ground,
In your own free will.
Put up the glory
Like medals of honor,
Living is all it takes
To materialize our dreams.
An open sky is the
Freedom of the mind,
Where every new wing
Is tested
And trusted in the name
Of living.
Nature and Life
Life is a day to day affair
That will
Last in memories.
The sky that rises
With the sun,
Takes away the nightly guards
Of stars.
The chirping sounds,
The leaves that rustle in the forest,
With each footstep
Are treasures that
Invite nature outside one’s window.
I let the sun rise,
I let the moon
Be my companion
For the night.
The air that I breathe is a simple joy.
Waterfalls have free breath,
And a careless continuity.
I admire the cost of nature,
Which is precious, and utmost
Necessity.
Only I wonder,
How heat waves have increased
Even in colder cities.
Death: Life in Pain
At what cost
Does life end?
A life of suffocation
Or a death of freedom,
What do you choose?
After death we cannot
Claim anything,
Why does death arrive?
Why is man not immortal?
If death releases us out of
Miserable living,
What is the significance of life?
We live life
And we do not live in death.
A miserable living is so tough,
Than written words,
It is like death.
©Sushant Thapa, Biratnagar-13, Nepal
Bio: Sushant Thapa (born on 26th February, 1993) is an award-winning Nepalese poet from Biratnagar-13, Nepal who holds an M.A. in English literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi, India.
He has published five books of English poetry, namely: The Poetic Burden and Other Poems (Authorspress, New Delhi, 2020), Abstraction and Other Poems (Impspired, UK, 2021), Minutes of Merit (Haoajan, Kolkata, 2021), Love’s Cradle (World Inkers Printing and Publishing, New York, USA and Senegal, Africa, 2023) and Spontaneity: A New Name of Rhyme (Ambar Publication House, New Delhi, 2023). His sixth book is ready, and about to go to the press. Sushant works as a lecturer of English in Biratnagar, Nepal. He is also an assistant editor of Himalaya Diary, an online portal published from the capital city Kathmandu of Nepal.
