Short story from Syed Tabin Ahbab

A Story from Syed Tabin Ahbab


Once upon a time there was a different world where terrible animals and people lived together. But the animals were so bad .The animals killed people and destroyed their pets and crops. There were some animal hunters to protect people from them. They always protect people from these animals. The most famous hunters were Oad Robin and Sams. They did their work goodly .But people didn’t paid their salary because they thought Robin and Sams were maniac. So they’re so poor .They lived in a small hut.
The richest man at that time was king Junior .He had a wonderful palace. But there was nobody in this Palace because the most dangerous animal the Lion Back Dragon attacked there every year. In his Palace, no more could enter than his daughter and a servant and some soldiers. So King Junior hired Robin and Sams. After a dangerous war they killed the Lion Back Dragon. The King paid them  the money by which Oad Robin and Sams built a house .They lived there a happy life .










Poetry from Md. Nurujjaman

Poetry from Md. Nurujjaman 

A Bullock Cart


I was walking down the street, 
Suddenly - 
I saw a bullock cart, 
Which was passing in front of me.

 Then I asked the bullock driver, 
"Can I get in your cart?"
The Bullock driver replied,
"Absolutely, get up."

Then the bullock cart started moving with me- 
The cow goes in the direction
The driver tells to go it. 

Nice, I like it very much. 

After some distance I got down,
As well as -
I politely bid them farewell.










Vignette from Farjan Mushfiqul Amin

A Funny Story 
Farjan Mushfiqul Amin

There were two friends. One good and one bad. A bad friend would always write and pass on the sight of a good friend. This is how it went until Bhaiba. The bad friend said to the good friend, "You go in first and then tell me what they ask and what you answer.""Okay," said the good friend. Good friend went in first. The authorities first asked the question, "In what year did the Liberation War take place?"  The good friend replied, "It was supposed to be in 1952, but it was in 1971."  The authority asked the second question, "Tell a freedom fighter's name?"  The good friend replied, "There are many, who shall I name?"  The authority asked the third question, "Comment on the share market."  "That's a matter of research," replied the good friend.  This time the good friend came out. The authorities called the bad friend this time.  The good friend said to the bad friend, “There is no time, just listen to the answers." In answer to the first question you will say, "It was supposed to be in 1952 but it happened in 1971."  In answer to the second question, you will say, "There are many, who should I name?"  In answer to the third question you say, "It is a matter of research."  Now the bad friend went in. The first question the authority asked was, "What year were you born?"  "Supposed to be in 1952, happened in 1971." replied the bad friend.  The authority asked the second question, "What is your father's name?"  The bad friend replied, "There are many, who should I name?"  The authority asked the third question, "Are you crazy?" The bad friend replied, "That's a matter of research."

Poetry from Kaiser Mahmud

Natural beauty of Bangladesh


Oh! Bangladesh
I love you
You are a very beautiful country

Oh! Bangladesh
I love you
You are the country of natural beauty

Oh! Bangladesh
Your natural beauty pleased me
You are my only place for peace 

Oh! Bangladesh
You have many beautiful places 
Your trees of green leaf,blue sky,rivers,sea-beaches, forests,rural villages brought out your natural beauty 

Oh! Bangladesh
There is no comparison to the rain of your hearing
Your rain has also brought out your natural beauty 

Oh! Bangladesh
People of whole country are alive looking at your natural beauty

Oh! Bangladesh
You are a country of extraordinary beauty in the whole world

Oh! Bangladesh
The whole world is witness to this natural beauty of yours



Poetry from Faroq Faisal

Faroq Faisal
Dream- Untouched

…,but in this life of error, ignorance, 
strife, unloved, unhappiness and injustice
Where nothing is, but all things seem to be the same
And we the shadows of the dream.
When I touch myself, touch the shadow,
But touch the shadow, I’m not touched.




Poetry from Mahbub Alam

Poet Mahbub, a South Asian man with dark hair and glasses and a suit and tie
Poet Mahbub
The Increasing Price

It's increasing the price of daily necessaries
Increasing in our day to day life on everyday basis
Burning the skies, burning the body 
We feel the result in the torturing hot weather
No escape running from one place to another
No step for saving the existence
A long sigh - Oh God!
God smiles on over head and surrounding the earth
Mocks at the tricks ---played to the commoners
Things are available in front or back
Things are decorated to buy or cost
Things are no way to touch and pass
We are living in the world 
Where the other part is in the grip of hand
But the things lie around us so far as too away to touch the sky flying bird
The medicine kept out of reach to the children
The price of daily necessary things is increasing in such and such
In our day to day life on regular basis
Why is the price of humanity waning on the other side?

Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh
05

Poetry from Petro C.K.

Non-Quickening 

A crow alerts me 
to the end 
of the ultrasound 
that was even worse than mine 

The crib fills up 
with anything else 
an unnoticed smoke trail 
arcs into your room 

At the undertaker’s house 
with your powerful words 
never heard
receding
you can imagine 
being the only static patient 
that is not a good exit 

Forwarded to the water 
a morning walk through the woods 
the only path for you is
somewhere in a book forgotten




A Crack in the Screenshot

according to the sea 
film replaced lore 

damaged literature 
rub in the darkness 

when the sun feels like a cataract 
the isolated war in my palm dies

hang on to your eyes 
when you're not seen 


Bangananaramma

At a moment stolen 
from the now seeded days 
the Tantric mantra called 
for elopement 

We will be visiting 
the temple of Helacharya
a mandala of ganas 
fought for the first day of summer 
saying her name and name of her youth 

Inscriptions honor 
an inconvenience exorcised 
of a hostile commune of frogs 
deep in the closet 

A monastic performance of blackbird tendrils tracing the landscape unfettered 
as an occult gym teacher snaps 
the high wire of impromptu kite flyovers

The evidence is silent to 
systematize the sacred