Monobina Nath: Figures of Thought: Collegiate Voices across Spaces

A Cup of Hot Coffee   

Oh Mellow!

Are you sleeping?

It's our coffee time,

To recall our warm time.

Didn't you remember 

The cups of-

Caramel macchiato, 

Cappuccino,

Espresso with sweet and 

Creamy whipped cream. 

I- who noted every sip, as days

We passed together and 

We sit; 

We rolled all the 

Yellow and pink sugar candies

Under our tongues, and

Drink and enjoy the last sip

In our mugs. 

Now, we grew up a lot,

Situation changed a lot.

Neither you nor I, sit beside. 

The catnap reminds us 

Like an alien alarm,

We all need a cup of hot coffee.

We are cold.

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Honour in A Doll's House  

(Inspired by Henrik Isben's play "A Doll's House")

“But no man would sacrifice his 

honour for the one he loves."

Men are the gifts of 

God's miracle,

And women are sent

To serve them.

The world of make- believe 

Handicapped them, that

No honour has left to support

Their lives. They sacrifice and

Then sacrificed as their bones are sold,

As a mother and wife. 

We are human beings too

But no one wants

To educate us.

"Why? Didn't I talk like a doll- child?".

The answers aren't in 'men's bookshelves',

We have to educate 'ourselves'. 

We aren’t a doll- wife 

Of your household anymore,

Where,

"It is a thing hundreds of thousands 

of women have done".

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Author's Bio:  Monobina Nath is an English honours student in Brahmanada Keshab Chandra College, Kolkata, India. Her work has appeared in Chrysanthemum, Ode to a Poetess , Poetry Nation, StoryMirror, TechTouch Talk, Meghalaya Times and Indian Periodical. Her poems were also selected for the National Bilingual Poetry Competition in 2021.

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Setu, June 2021