Soul Searching

By Rajkumar Mukherjee

Rajkumar is a senior poet; his first book of poems was published in Calcutta in 1975. In 1980, he edited an anthology of poems on Tagore with contributions from eminent poets of Bengal and Bangladesh. In 2009, two of his books were published in Calcutta. One was a translation of Maurice Carmes book Songs of Beginning (from French to Bengali). He also published an e-book titled Soliloquy from www.poemhunter.com.

This is a book of poems by Rajkumar mainly on nature, love, spirituality, and philosophy, chosen and published during last five years. He is a regular contributor to www.poemhunter.com, www.mypoetryforum.com, and www.allpoetry.com. His poems are regularly published in PRISM International, magazines, IPF anthologies, and Ink Angels, printed anthologies of the AllPoetry.com.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
• Release date: Sep 9, 2016
• ISBN: 9781482880472

Rajkumar Mukherjee

Born in an upper middle-class family with great honor and respect for traditional values, Rajkumar did his post-graduation in commerce from the University of Calcutta. After retiring as a banker, he went back to his first childhood love, poetry. His poems were published in school and college magazines, local journals, and even overseas journals (e.g., PRISM) at regular intervals. During his college and university days, he edited and published a number of literary journals from Calcutta and Purnea, India.

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Contents

Futile Fury

Peace-Haven

In Line With ‘’Splash’’ by Charles Bukowski

Points To Ponder (Baba Style)

Haibun-Museum (Tanka Prose)

In Line With Sharon Olds

Haibun—April Storm

Je Suis De Paris, Aujourd’hui.

Vignettes In Line With Rumi

Death, My Love

Rendezvous

Self-Realization

Inspired by ‘’Rollins Sailboats’’ by Charles Dickinson

Memorial Day Prayer

Resolution On Valentines’ Day

Love Songs Cry

Gathering Dust

Season—Cinquain

Rainbow Teachings

Love-Songs Written On Parchment

Broken Dreams

Beyond The Fence

Little Angel

Wings Have Limits

Confucius To Tiananmen

Life To Afterlife

Love’s Language (For A Lady In Love)

Recluse

Unto Him

Hyacinth—Unrequited Love

City of Joy

Phosphorous—Trijan Refrain

Independence Day

They Wrote In Blood

Let My Words Speak

Symphony—Monotetra

Inspire

Shadow Acrostic—April Fool-Life

Teacher

Source-Code

Silence

You

Alas!

Love Alone

OM…

Let Love Warm Hearts

Human Bondage

Solidarity

New Beginning

You Are My Soul-Mate

Let My Words Speak

We, The Commoners

Forever Glow

Last Words

Festival of Lights—Vignettes

Forty Words On Lips

ABC of Life—Vignette

View-Point

I Wonder

Close To Heart—Vignettes

Pathway

Love Is…

Abject Surrender

Looking Back

Illuminated

Limitless Sky

Anticipation—Contrary Thoughts

Forgiveness Is Love

Ascendancy

Nature Prevails

Silhouette

Fishy Love-Affair

Justice

Mystique Philosopher

Meditation

Destiny

Light

The Buddha Speaks

Last Journey

Love & Life—Joseph’s Star

Tribute To A Great Soul Mother-Poet Maya Angelou

Vignette—Ebb

Tagore After One Hundred Fifty Years

Angel’s Highway

Lily

Diagnosis

Why?

Where Lies The End of This Journey?

‘Silence S’il Vous Plait’

Hide-Out

Time Waits

Ethereal Voice

Awakening

Unfathomable

Trust

Old Is Gold

Oh God Why!

Treaties On Love

Words

Fruition

Union Of Soul Mates—Loop Poem

Ohne Poetic

I Know Not When She Will Call

Welcome

I Love You My Baby

Hands of God

Love Poem In Parchment

She Awaits

Love’s Bless—Monotetra

Cross-Roads of Life

Ecstasy

Love –Triolet

Garland Cinquain—Love Wins

Your Touch

A Wish-List

Rondeau On A Beach

Lost Trust—Cross Sonnet

Sleep—Rondeau

World Smiles Back

Time Never Stops, Chimes Do.

The Troika of Creation

Significant Seven

A Clarity Pyramid Chain of Love, Hate And Care

I Love You

Eternal Bliss

Guardian Angel

Catalyst

On The Pathway of Rumi

Parting

Archive

Morning Raga

Unmask

My Love For You

Compliant

Seven Seas

Making of A Masterpiece

In Search of New Words

Shining Yogi

I Wish If…

Unison (A Loop Poem)

A Time To Depart

Happiness

My Epitaph

Here lies the heart and soul of a poet

Who searched true love all through life;

World laughed at him, lovers ignored—

Let new generations find strength in strife.

About the Author

Born in an upper middle-class family with great honor and respect for traditional values, Rajkumar did his post-graduation in commerce from University of Calcutta. After retiring as a banker, he went back to his first childhood love, poetry. His poems were published in School and College magazines, local journals and even overseas journals namely, Prism at regular intervals. During his college and university days, he edited and published number of