Recognition

By Nirmal Sarker

The theme of the poems are a reflection of people with impairments and their lives, love, pleasure and inequalities as well as a mixture of awareness, inspirations, emotions, demands and humanities. A few of these poems are about nature. This is an attempt to provide some missing ideas about person with disabilities.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 13, 2020
• ISBN: 9781796081305

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Copyright © 2020 by Nirmal Sarker.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2020900363

ISBN:              Softcover                978-1-7960-8131-2

                        eBook                     978-1-7960-8130-5

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Rev. date: 01/10/2020

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Dedicated to …

My teacher,

Professor Margaret Peg Jenner

Centennial College, Toronto, Canada

My wife,

Basana Dey

Public Service Assistant

Toronto Public Library, Canada

and

Our kids,

Niladri and Senjuti

Contents

Introduction

PART 1

Recognition

Recognition

Labeling

Not Like All

I Am Not a Stranger

Limitations

Word Puzzles

A Six-Letter Word

S

Jasmine

Curse

Antipodes

A Lyric

Lyrics on Autism

Mantra

Truths

PART 2

Feeling

Who Are We?

Feeling

Tears of a Mom

My Dad

Fraulein

E-Love

Fiancé

Immigrants

Inability

Sew Up

Commuter

She

Nari, a Woman

Seniors

Home of Aged

Epigraph

PART 3

Miscellaneous

A Journey of J

True Man the Third

Happyhappy.com

Hello, Train

Untitled

Rally for Us

Wheelchair

PART 4

Nature

Where Do I Live?

Spring

The Horizon

Snowfall in Toronto

Baishak and a Sweetheart

Fossilization

Gongachara

Part 5

Misconception

Incongruity

A Monologue

Inequalities

Unveiling

Introduction

The theme of these poems is a reflection of people with impairments and their lives, loves, pleasures, and inequalities, as well as a mixture of awareness, inspirations, emotions, demands, and humanities. A few of these poems are about nature. This is an attempt to provide some missing ideas about people who have disabilities.

Part 1

Recognition

Recognition

I’m rocking.

I rock throughout the year.

I look at the open sky endlessly.

I see the shining stars, and I dream.

No one cares about me.

People label me disabled.

Nobody wants me as a friend.

They treat me negatively.

Am I unwanted?

No, I am a human.

I know, I need