TWO PIECES BY DR. SONNET MONDAL

ONCE UNWANTED

Unwanted fruits hang in clusters

waiting for beaks to tear them off,

for fingers to touch them with hanging tongues.

It’s better to be naked as the tree beside;

Better to get ripped off the clothing of fruits;

The curse of neglect might end then and eyes

Will see the purity within.

Seeds will then be taken for gardens

And escalation will make the white shirts

Feel that their duty wasn’t enough

For the growth of once unwanted will

Press the red alert, to stop and make them realize

That power isn’t everlasting for a group

For one man or a party of penguins.

Heat prevails outside and suicide may be

The only solution when they see the ‘Unwanted’

Growing fruits of success, paving a way out

Of thorns and bullets;

They have ignited hearts and they don’t know to forgive

For once their brothers branded as unwanted

Were burnt alive and now 

FOOTSTEPS IN THE JAIL

 

Stop chatting with walls and listen

to the bold footsteps taking over

the silence of the jail.

Fear torment,

Fear the men in bottle green dresses;

Fearing them must be a custom here

or the peeling of skins like that of

an orange will expose your blood

to predators with no balm

to sit even and relax.

Hellish life is our sentence;

These friendly bars warn us

Of every word that we verbalize

And every step that we hear here.

 

About Dr. Sonnet Mondal: 

Sonnet Mondal is the author of six books of poetry including a poetry bestseller and is the pioneer of the 21 line fusion sonnet form of poetry. His works have been published in several International literary magazines and have been translated into Macedonian, Italian, Arabic,Hindi,Telugu and Bengali. He was awarded Poet Laureate from Bombadil Publishing in 2009, Doctor of Literature from United Writers' Association in 2010, Azsacra International Poetry award in 2011 and was inducted in the prestigious Significant Achievements Plaque in the museum of Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur. He has also been a featured poet at World Poetry Reading Series, Canada and Asian American Poetry project, U.S.A.At present he is the managing editor of The Enchanting Verses journal of poetry.