Contemporary Literary Review India | Print ISSN 2250-3366 | Online ISSN 2394-6075 | Vol 7, No 1: CLRI February 2020

Ripon Handique

Night

Who sleeps tonight

under

searching bullets silencing

the magic of dreams

in tender moments

breathing

beneath

those fangs of hate

darkening

restful nights

like warm blood

blue water blotting?

Dilemma

Abstract walls rise up, secluded

A visionary in his room

Weighs the unfolding panorama

Of pessimism.

Denunciations disappear

Like a sheet of snow from winter

Harangues my senses to smear

Impending summer’s proclamation

Splintered in contemplating that rough road

Embellished by iridescent images

They say, may be there.

Should I, then, fight or flow

With glaring demons

Who must measure me,

If dreams and desires

These walls breach?

About the Author

Ripon Handique (b. 1983) lived and studied in Nagaland, Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi. He has worked as a teacher and as an Asst. Prof. for over 7 years. Primarily interested in poetry, history, and language and its usage, some of his poems have been included in different editions of Taj Mahal Review, The Literary Herald, Ashvamegh and The Criterion.

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