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| Bina |
a wild
wind flew
through the
forest
of words
singing
in my head
sweeping
syllables
into the
spring air
for nomad
birds
to catch
and conjure
into liminal notes
that float
with wayward
clouds
to fall
in a drizzle
of rain
on the
arid plain
of my skin.
2. War
raw is war
drumming
in my head
a fury of words
that speak
to the dead.
3. Archipelago Of Alphabets
in the vast ocean
of meanderings
i found
an archipelago
of alphabets
waiting to be strung
into words
that would echo
allegories
of the impossible
with the possible
of comradely
conversations
between Michelangelo
and Banksy
between Hitler
and Buddha
between Christ
and Kafka
between hatemongers
and pilgrims of peace
between the inhuman
and the humane.
an archipelago
of alphabets
stringing songs of war
into hymns of peace.
Bina (Sarkar Ellias. b. 1949) is poet, writer, art curator and editor-designer-publisher of Int. Gallerie, the award-winning global arts and ideas journal she founded 1997. Her eight books of poems include Fuse (taught at the Towson University, USA), ‘Ukiyo-e Days... Haiku Moments’ and the current Chapbook ‘If Stones Could Speak’. Her poems have been translated into Arabic, French, Greek, Mandarin, Spanish , Urdu, Telugu and Tagalog. She authored the acclaimed “Big Book of Indian Art” in 2024, and has received several awards, including ‘The Women to Watch, 2024, Award’ for excellence in her work. Bina resides in Mumbai, India.
