Poetry: Celebration of Life (Nivedita Roy)

Nivedita Roy

My gaiety, my joy 

Interspersed with some soliloquies 

On a path to find myself, 

I find solace in my scribbles 

Agonies or ecstasies 

Are borne with elan

Painful sagas etched  

Blissful memories are inked 

They are tucked away 

Warmly in my journal

I wish to blossom as the spring  

My writing gives me a swing 

Each step is a lesson 

I am the Cinderella of this season! 

I laugh, I cry

I love, I loathe 

I share, I hide 

I smile, I brood 

I pour out all on a piece of paper

With all its ups and downs 

Life is a celebration 

Poetry is the soirée I attend 

Stricken hearts need a balm 

Stress borne humans need to be calm

The bards alight with a peace branch 

An apparition in white on the ranch

The vast ground for unbridled thoughts 

What can be and what is nought

Poetry is panacea for all that’s lost 

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Bio: Nivedita Roy is a teacher by profession. Her educational qualifications include M.A.in English Literature and B.Ed. Presently she teaches in an American Curriculum school in the Kingdom of Bahrain. She pursues writing as a passion .She is a bilingual poetess cum author. Her solo poetry collections in English and Hindi Language are published now. She has also co-authored 9 anthologies since May 2020 till present. She is the recipient of Indian Independence Day literary Honours 2021 by the largest writers forum Motivational strips and Gujarat Sahitya academy. She is the member of the editorial team for ezine, Brahmand: voice of the cosmos, an initiative by Literary Warrior Group curated by Neelam Saxena. She hosts Book Talk shows for published authors and Poetry recital sessions on different platforms.

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Setu, April 2022