🌱 Memory Album
Poetry : Memory Album
Poet : Jotsna Jari
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Pictures of past days
are stored in album
The wind of my memory wakes up
like durba grass...
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There is summer noon
in mountains of Bhutan, Buxa forest,
near the river of Toto para.
I have seen
how much butterflies' hug
flying in the Sun.
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With a two-day-old newborn
the orange seller girl's
warm lips smile
fascinates me
even today ...
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I touch the times, caress them,
take care again & again.
My memory album just
new to new
It's not getting old...
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[ N . B -
1. durba grass is a very soft type of grass. In Hindu religion, this grass is used in many worships & ceremony.
2. Bhutan , a Buddhist kingdom of the Himalaya Mountain's eastern edge, is known for its monasteries, fortresses
& dramatic land scape. Bhutan is neighbor of India.
3. Buxa forest is a Tiger reserve & National park in northern West Bengal, India.
4. Toto people is an isolated tribal group residing only in a small enclave called Toto para in Alipurduar district of West Bengal, India. Toto para is located between West Bengal & Bhutan.
Anthropologists agree that their culture & language is totally unique to the tribe. They are nearly becoming extinct in 1950s (population- 321). Now population- 1184. ]
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