More New Poems: Sushant Thapa

 

1. Rising and Falling

There are times 

Seeking whole of you. 

You are supposed to 

Know the fun in the game. 

Take a stroll 

To know the way. 

Stray a few miles 

To know where you 

Have come to. 

The clothesline 

Of saddest colors 

Mean you have always known 

How the morn is mournful 

Under the color changing heaven. 

Even when you are alone 

Your solitude misbehaves 

And remembers someone 

Who is faraway; 

There is a we in solitude. 

The longings are like gates of 

Ajar memories. 

The kite has fallen, 

There is still rising wind 

Waking the sensibilities. 

Have you thought how

The wind carries a message 

In you? 

 

 

2. Permanent Sojourn 

 

Carry me away 

To the permanent

Sojourn of art,

Where rain is an expression 

That never truly 

Drenches you to make you 

Feel wet. 

A flowing river 

And falling raindrops 

Are not the same. 

A flowing river 

Teaches you continuity, 

But raindrops only 

Make you wet. 

Choice is an equanimity 

Of life, 

The chaotic decipher 

Isn't its character. 

I would build 

A temple of art

And worship 

The aura of living a life, 

To write it well. 

There is a saying by someone, 

If you cannot become a poet, 

Be the poem. 

Living a life in a proper way 

Is itself a poetic celebration;

Life is poetry. 

 

3. How it Works 

 

The ways have lied, 

Or you did not want to 

Walk the truthful path? 

Hiding the envelope 

Is misreading the prize. 

Life is all social, 

Library isn't seclusion. 

There will be songs about 

Hard times, 

When the tide gets high. 

The age is a newly decorated 

Empire. 

We mix, we draw the nearness. 

In isolation, no book is devoid 

Of the audiences

While it is written. 

In the mind, the world 

Gets read, 

Like the morning newspaper. 

There is an awakening 

In mingling of cultures, 

Obliterating the boundaries, 

Of knowledge.

 

©Sushant Thapa 

Biratnagar-13, Nepal  

 

 

Bio: Sushant Thapa (born 26 February 1993) is a Nepalese poet from Biratnagar-13, Nepal who holds an M.A. in English literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi, India. He has published five books of English poetry. His sixth book is ready and about to go to press. Sushant's poetry is also taught in Grade 6 in school book in Nepal. Debut poetry book by Sushant entitled "The Poetic Burden and Other Poems" has been awarded Indology Best Poet Award 2022 from West Bengal, India and his third poetry book entitled "Minutes of Merit" has won Yashaswi Book Awards 2079. The award was presented to him in Kaling Literary Festival, Kathmandu 2023 (2nd edition). Sushant has also been awarded Sahitto International Award for Literature 2023 under "Jury Award" Category from Bangladesh. Sushant received Kamala-Raj Bahadur Kunwar Literature Award 2080 B.S. (Nepali Year) in his hometown in Biratnagar, Nepal recently.