Kaleidoscope-Anthology of International Poets

By International Publishing Centre

Kaleidoscope is an optical device consisting of mirrors that reflect images of bits of coloured glass in a symmetrical geometric design through a viewer. The design may be changed endlessly by rotating the section containing the loose fragments. The name is derived from the Greek words kalos ("beautiful"),eïdos("form"), and skopeïn ("to view").The kaleidoscope was invented by Sir David Brewster  in 1817.

Poets have  expressed their thoughts through poetic language to express the colours of life in our book "Kaleidoscope –an anthology of International Poets."  

 

Kaleidoscope –Anthology of International Poets is dedicated to Rabindranath Tagore –First Asian Nobel Prize Winner for his unique poetry book-:Gitanjali' in 1913 

I had the pleasure of deciding upon the title of this Anthology, which clearly indicates the diverse patterns of lyricism in all its innovative fluidity as well as in radical idiomatic structures signifying our present day existence and innovative styles of poetic composition. It is tragic that today we live in a conflict-ridden world of increasing greed, materialism, consumerist and militaristic depredations. Poetry hence remains that intrinsic, scintillating spark and Rhapsody of Life that keeps us going with its rejuvenating energy. Poetry is, indisputably, the genesis of all literary expressions through the ages, since the birth of ancient civilizations. It is the first language of humanity which has always offered us the strength and lilting sensitivity to live, challenge, satiate, understand and tranquillize. Poetry is that inspirational fire which makes us imbibe the quintessential force mobilizing us towards the goodness of life, humanity and the urgent goal of peace and universal brotherhood.

Keeping these values in mind and significant aspects of life intact, we decided upon three primary themes for poetic compositions to be included in this anthology--- viz. (a) Love or Romantic poems, (b) Nature poems and (c) Contemporary perspectives, issues and experiences. Hence it is natural that a large area of varied themes have been covered, included and integrated in this Collection of Poetry from across different geo-spaces,  cultures and ethnicities which render the rainbow hues of a highly layered and rich pluralism in this poetic text. The thematic, conceptual and idiomatic components offered by various poets make it interesting, profound and thought-provoking for the reader.

 The varied phraseology, diction, thought-processes, prosodic tools of enrichment from this array of poets makes this Anthology truly kaleidoscopic. Wishing our readers Happy Reading with further discussions and consequent intensive engagement….

I hope all the poems written by renowned International Poets will win the heart of poetry lovers around the world.

Unus Molla

CEO-International  Culture  Centre 

          International Publishing Centre

• Language: English
• Publisher: International Publishing Centre
• Release date: Aug 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201397562

International Publishing Centre

            Moumita Bahubalindra spent her childhood at historical place Moyna Garh. She had born in Kolkata. Her Educational qualification are. M.Sc, D.EL.ED., PhD . She has complited Diploma course in Computer from Webel and also complited the " Bachik Sudhakar" Degree in  Recitation. Her subject is anthropology. She is a Teacher, Poet and Journalist. She has written Poems, News, views in the different magazines and Newspapers.  She was Associated  with "Kalantar", " Jago Bangla", "Biswa Bangla", "Ekdin" etc newspapers. She has attended the program of F.M and "Ananya" program of D.D.-7. She has recited poems at 'Sishir Moncho', 'Nandan', "West Bengal Banbla Acadamy", 'MadhuSudan Moncho', 'InduMati Hall' of Jadavpur Univercity. She has published two Books namely " Samuderer Nil Swapna" "ChandraDhanaya". She was awarded with 'Vivekjoyti Samman' from Channel Vision, Sera Samman -2018 from All India Legal Forum of New Delhi, Kisore Kumar Award from Kolkata.    She has got a certificate from Asiatic Society regarding 'Manuscript Reading' and associated with many Social works.  She has own Magazine "The Tadanta News".She has working Experience from West Bengal State Health Projects. 

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CONTENTS 

Page No

Preface      21

Dedication      22

Editor’s Note       23

Acknowledgement       25

1. Dr Laksmisree Banerjee   26

Lotus Song

War and Peace

Life’s Lesson

OH Calcutta

Infinite Dichotomy

2. Gopal  Lahiri    38 

Silent Conversation

Uneven Landscapes

Primeval Horizon

3. Dr Santosh Bakaya   43

CONTENTS

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Were the windows hazy?

The Magic Woman

Words

4. Seema Jain    51

Muted Cries

Sweet Childhood Memories

Shooting Star

Noise and Silence

The Public Face

5.Dr Meenakshi Mohan   63  

A Silent Glory

My Silemce Speaks

Another Tomorrow

Black and White

The Rage of the Sky

CONTENTS

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6. Lakshmi Venkatachalam  72

Cityscapes

The Recluse

Black and White

Monsoon Sport

A Wishful Prayer

7. Shreedharan Parokode  79

Full Body Check Up

Separated Souls

Silent Voice

Re-Birth

My Mother’s Mind

8. Boudhayan Mukherjee   82

Pale Musings

Sound of Hugging Rains

CONTENTS

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Somaipur

Weightless with You

9. Madhu Gangopadhyay  89

A wintery Evening

Love me Soft

Snowy Warmth

Insurration: Whispers of Water

Stillborn Dreams

10. Lopamurda Banerjee    99

To Ruidoso

Radha Krishna:Jugalbandhi

The Mermaid and Her One Night Beau

11.Dr Koshy A V    106

Ghazal

Ballard

CONTENTS

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12. Dr Shruti Das      111

A frame Somewhere

A little House

Domesticity

Indian Rain

13.Anita  Nahal   120

Love or In Love

Haves and Have Nots

Whats Up ?

Can Surrealism be a Bench

Singing and Lingering Seven Year Itches

14.Sudeshna Mukherjee   131

The Waity Game

Reverse Poetry

An Abecedarian Poem

CONTENTS

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A Shakespearian Sonnet

Om Prajapatiya Namah

15. M. Annamalai    143

Twenty Second Srabon

Not Easy to Put It on Time

Brush

Grappy Interview

Haiku

16.Bipasha Mazumdar  De    156

Haiku-1

Haiku -2

Haiku-3

Haiku-4

Haiku-5

17.Achingliu Kamei     158

CONTENTS

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The Flower

Creating Magic

Forest

Widow

Bodies on the Highway and the Rivers

18.Tanu Grover     167

A Treasure shall be ours

Heaven lies in Thin Arms

How will you feel my love ?

Loving Thee is Pleasure

Unspoken Love

19.Tapeswar Prasad    177

Lend your Ears

Colour of my Grief

Scarecrow of the Night

CONTENTS

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Trolley Bag

Glee

Ruth of the Sky

20.Gopa Bhattacharya   185 Winter Warmth

Roasting Unity

Metamorphosis

21.Anju Kishore   189

Rinse ,Repeat

22.Harekrushna Mahanta  191

Mother’s Memory

Almighty God Vs Covid

Gurudev Ravindranath

23.Ngozi  Oliva  Osuoha    195

Black Child

CONTENTS

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African Girl

Letter to my Teacher

24.Dr Arabinda Kumar Chowdhury    210

Mahatma :Living Spirit

Mahatma :Living Spirit-2

World Environment Day

Death-Dance of Corona

25.Binod Mishra    217

The Saviour

Ring Tones

Dreams Again

For Whom

Sustainability

Messiah

The Poem Laughs Again

CONTENTS

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26.Saikat Kumar Basu   234

How long will I be able to enjoy this

In search of God

A dismal Time

Christmas in the air

27.Amita Roy   251

Autumn Symphony

Enlightenment

Split Entity

In memory of  a Tree

28. Bibhu Padhi   260

Someone is Singing

It is Winter

The Way It Has Been

In The Dark

CONTENTS

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29.Dr K V Dominic   269

Shadows

I am a Red Rose Bloomed for All

30.Pankajam Kotharath    274

I know why the bird sing

My Experiment with Truth

Euphoria

31.Bhaskar Roy Barman     281

One Evening

32. Ipsita  Ganguli   284

Will you make me a Cup og Tea ?

The Price of Freedom

Bhu (To Become )

33. Megha Sood    290

CONTENTS

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Here the night speaks our language

Original Sin

The Constant Variable

Healing Winter

Impressions

34.Nandini Sahu   297

A Garmented Metaphor

That Foot

Isn’t Love Enough ?

My Moods, Modes and Mores

35.Dustin Pickering    311

Nature Exposed: Only Brief

An Answer to Dominio

36.Basudev Paul      314

The Season

CONTENTS

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Masonry Marvel

Indifferent Sun-god

A reckless Biker

Why Early Rise

37. Leonard Dabydeen     320

Peace and Bapuji

Self Respect

The World is One

Unknown Woman

Art of Togetherness

38. Sukrita Paul Kumar    329

Dialogue with Ganga

Confidential

Untitled Tsunami

First Love

CONTENTS

Page No

Snippets

39. Balachandran Nair    339

How

Topic

40. Dr. Molly Joseph    346

Decadence

Freedom

Don’t Stop me

Falls

A tribute to my Bard –Rabindranath Tagore

41. Soumya Mukherjee    355

Doctor

Forest of needy Trees

Ink

The Hunted Songbird

CONTENTS

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Forget me, But

42. Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca        366   

Quietude

New Jersey Canal Walk

City of Dreams

43. Candice Louisa Daquin   371

Vignette Quatre

Static

Succor

Lost on You

Dance Macabre

44.Rajbabu Gandham   382

Be Alive

My Walk

Things Fall Apart

CONTENTS

Page No

45.Dr  Sushminderjit Kaur      389

The Phase

Hit me Hard

Equipoise

46. Rajeev Moothedath       398

Guidance for ultimate Destination

47.Dr Annie Pothen    401

Women of Fortitude

48. Dr Jyotsna Sinha    403

A Wish

Life

Death

Modern Woman

I am

CONTENTS

Page No

49.Dr Manju Rani    412

The Hopes

Poetry

The Child of the Rock

Time

Water

50.Biswanath Kundu    419

Silent Savant

Idiot Box

The Only Constancy

Emotions and Reasons

Free Pass

51. Johanna Devadayavu  430

A Mirage

The Moringa

CONTENTS

Page No

Confidence

52.Sunil Sharma  438

Night,White

Somebody walks with the Pagan

Sound, Harsh

Siren

53.Prof Unus Molla    442

Tribute Section to Nobel Winning Poets

Rudyard Kipling

If

W B Yeats

September 1913

Rabindranath Tagore

Where the mind is without fear

PREFACE

Kaleidoscope is an optical device consisting of mirrors that reflect images of bits of coloured glass in a symmetrical geometric design through a viewer. The design may be changed endlessly by rotating the section containing the loose fragments. The name is derived from the Greek words kalos (beautiful),eïdos(form), and skopeïn (to view).The kaleidoscope was invented by Sir David Brewster  in 1817.

Poets have  expressed their thoughts through poetic language to express the colours of life in our book Kaleidoscope –an anthology of International Poets.  Kaleidoscope –Anthology of International Poets is dedicated to Rabindranath Tagore –First Asian Nobel Prize Winner for his unique poetry book-:Gitanjali’ in 1913 .

I hope all the poems written by renowned International Poets will win the heart of poetry lovers around the world.

Unus Molla

CEO-International  Culture  Centre 

International Publishing Centre

DEDICATION

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Rabindranath Tagore

First Asian Nobel Prize Winner for his poetry book named Gitanjali in 1913.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

I feel extremely gratified and privileged to have been invited and given the opportunity by the International Culture Centre and its CEO Prof. Unus Molla to edit and compile this Global Anthology of established and upcoming poets, who have poured their minds and hearts into these aesthetic pieces  pulsating with the variegated rhythms of our contemporary world. It has been an uphill task for us (both editing and publishing) during these difficult Pandemic Times to keep the steady flow of our lives going and also, on the other hand, to sustain the creativity of life through continuance of writings and publications.

I had the pleasure of deciding upon the title of this Anthology, which clearly indicates the diverse patterns of lyricism in all its innovative fluidity as well as in radical idiomatic structures signifying our present day existence and innovative styles of poetic composition. It is tragic that today we live in a conflict-ridden world of increasing greed, materialism, consumerist and militaristic depredations. Poetry hence remains that intrinsic, scintillating spark and Rhapsody of Life that keeps us going with its rejuvenating energy. Poetry is, indisputably, the genesis of all literary expressions through the ages, since the birth of ancient civilizations. It is the first language of humanity which has always offered us the strength and lilting sensitivity to live, challenge, satiate, understand and tranquillize. Poetry is that inspirational fire which makes us imbibe the quintessential force mobilizing us towards the goodness of life, humanity and the urgent goal of peace and universal brotherhood.

Keeping these values in mind and significant aspects of life intact, we decided upon three primary themes for poetic compositions to be included in this anthology-—viz. (a) Love or Romantic poems, (b) Nature poems and (c) Contemporary perspectives, issues and experiences. Hence it is natural that a large area of varied themes have been covered, included and integrated in this Collection of Poetry from across different geo-spaces,  cultures and ethnicities which render the rainbow hues of a highly layered and rich pluralism in this poetic text. The thematic, conceptual and idiomatic components offered by various poets make it interesting, profound and thought-provoking for the reader.

It was a decided effort to include the veterans and acclaimed poets with their skilled artistry and craftsmanship as well as the upcoming ones with their nascent deftness to provide an expansive fabric of poetic writing across regions of our world. The varied phraseology, diction, thought-processes, prosodic tools of enrichment from this array of poets makes this Anthology truly kaleidoscopic. Wishing our readers Happy Reading with further discussions and consequent intensive engagement....

Prof. Dr. Laksmisree Banerjee Kolkata, February 2022

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We do small things , but with our great Heart

-Mother  Teresa-Nobel Lauriate in Peace

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We offer our heartfelt thanks and regards  to all poets who have contributed to Kaleidoscope-anthology of International Poets and  International Publishing Centre Team around the World for publishing the Kaleidoscope.

Dr. Laksmisree Banerjee

LOTUS SONG 

Your lotus scent is touching

My body—-—the golden embers

Of your lotus pain, still in my psyche

Pervade the miracle of life.

Those golden lilies are unfolding

Deep within my silent core.

My soul bathes in the fresh softness

Of your bouquet of luminescent love.

Yesternight it rained in shimmers

Of pouring radiant blue waters.

I heard your singing lyre in disbelief

And on my burnt horizon I saw

Your moonlit red revolution while

My heart rhymed with that far murmur

Of your mellifluous cool ripples drawing

Me into this whirlpool of your concord.

Even now my blood, my cells, my being

Is ripening in this heavy flowery aroma.

My skies are now indolent in ambrosia

With your lotus smell of a dream worship.

A host of shell-whites are shedding

Petals in my soul soaked in your symphony 

Your world in my little seraphic world is

Entwining me in this lotus-hued moment. 

Dr. Laksmisree Banerjee

WAR AND PEACE

The warriors take sides

The demagogues also do

They follow their call of duty

But what side do I take?

Which world can I make?

When both edges meet within

The home of my heart?

When both rims merge

In the call of my conscience?

How can I configure, paint

Or tell a shattered story of taint?

I am human and so is he,

She or you or us or we

When and how do we part ways

Or side along conflicting flanks?

My questions are very often

Tooted off like bubbles