Rain-Lit Night

Did I see you in that pouring rain? I was in the rain too. When did it start?
Do you remember? I don't.

It was a starry night. There were fireflies. A small river flows nearby.
Rivers have water too?

I started sailing through the dreams of yesteryears ...my paper boat was yellow...newspaper print gets so blurry when wet...

It was dark. Only clovers were under my feet. My yard is not manicured you know; it is like me. Dandelions and clovers all around - gold and silver colored, like dreams! You can roll downhill. And you can walk - barefoot. May be just your skull will burst - with stars, and with long lost poems.

I started walking on a sword...And blood became fireworks...those pretty ones! Rainbows started slipping away from me - from lightning...


Moonlit Water Lilies
Oil on Panel
Painted By: Kalyani Rama

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Kalyani Rama is a Bangladesh-born Bilingual author. She has seven published books in Bengali. Kalyani has written for the newspaper 'The Wisconsin State Journal', and other literary magazines.

Kalyani has received her Bachelor of Technology degree from IIT, Kharagpur, India in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering.

She is an Application Development Senior Engineer by profession and works in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

Kalyani loves listening to people, animals, and trees.

Published Books:

‘Amar Ghoroya Golpo’(আমার ঘরোয়া গল্প) ;

‘Hater Patay Golpogulo’(হাতের পাতায় গল্পগুলো – ইয়াসুনারি কাওয়াবাতা);

‘Rat Brishti Bunohash’ (রাত বৃষ্টি বুনোহাঁস – অ্যান সেক্সটন, সিলভিয়া প্লাথ, মেরি অলিভারের কবিতা);

‘Moron Hote Jagi’ (মরণ হ’তে জাগি – হেনরিক ইবসেনের নাটক);

‘Reshom Guti’(রেশমগুটি);

'Jol Rong’(জলরঙ);

‘Dom Bondho’ (দমবন্ধ)

Website: http://www.kalyanirama.com/


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