SWAPNA BEHERA

SWAPNA BEHERA

The Last Decipher Of The Bullet

The Bullet on the martyr’s chest

Cries, suffocates with panacea of blood

The iron cylinder screeches

Take me out, take me out

I too die with this man

The numismatic hatred

The cruelty and vengeance

The destructive deduction

The sadist plan of a few

The metabolic death of an anatomy

The bullet appeals

“Make me a ballot oh! Lord

I wish to win the hearts

And not be a prisoner in the ventricles of the heart

I cant be a slave of Lucifer

Washed away with the over flooded tears

The agony of death every second kills me

Melt my iron body

To make a tiller

To grow more and more

The planet needs food

And never streams of blood!!!!........

Here Sleeps  My Granny......

Here sleeps the paramount

Queen of a progeny

On the casket of a coffin

The techniques, skills

Of civilisations in her brain

Covered with grey hair

The recipe of multiple cuisines

Seasonal vegetables

Their preserving skills

she ties the dries  garlic plants

As the plait of a woman

Hangs them on the roof for next harvest

Maintains the Deuteronomy of the village

A trick on her tongue tip

For salty curry; she deeps a flour dough

Identifies the voice

Of birds and animals

Flying ants in a circle brings rain sure

She can predict rain, storm or seasons go

Stores the jasmine rice seed in a mud pot

Guards it day and night

In sanctity and scarcity

she preserves for future

Even though in hunger

The walking encyclopedia

of the village here sleeps

She teaches,  reaches and preaches

A serene soul; a healer for new born

All love her, she loves all

The dynamic heroine, sister, mother and granny

Gifts a genetic gene to the next generation

My salute to you dear royal lady

I genuinely love you

You are the angel beyond any border

but never kissed your head

Never tied your hair

Never put balm on your cramped feet

Never massaged your salty sun tanned body

Never you sit or rest a minute

Rotate in your own axis

Today I will say the last farewell

Will kiss your wrinkled face

The royal lady will walk deep into my memory

Forever and ever...........

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Beyond The Border.........

Beyond the Forest

Always a new Moon

A new hamlet

A revived Sovereign

Beyond the buffer zone

Always a new Treaty

A new aura

A revived entity

Beyond the fences

Always eyes meet

A new love story

A revived alignment

Beyond the tears

Always a crescent smile

A new promise

A revived Compatibility

Beyond the river

Always anew village

A new farm house

A revived recreation

Beyond the planet

Always a new Galaxy

A new astuteness

A revived introspection

Beyond the perimeters of life

Always the premier moments

A new hymn for a free zone

A resurrection of celebration

Beyond the brain

Always the heart

Beyond the schedule

Always a Great Melody

Beyond the Love

Always the Greater Love

A new fraternity

A revived creativity

For me, for you

And for all... .......

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SWAPNA BEHERA

SWAPNA BEHERA is a bilingual contemporary poet, author, translator and editor from Odisha, India born in 1955. Her stories, poems and articles are widely published in National and International journals, and ezines like atunispoetry.com. Her poems are translated in Albanian, Italian, Tamil and Arabic. She has penned four books. Besides, as a teacher for over three decades at Mont Fort School from1984-1995 and Kendriya Vidyalayas1995-2015, she has received several outstanding recognitions for teaching excellence. She was  a trained teacher in substance Abuse Prevention Education .She has presented her paper on The Responsibility of Religions for a humane world in the National Seminar on World Religions for a humane world ; A step towards Inter Religious Dialogue on24-25 .2 .2017 in Patkai Nagaland. She was the Resource person in the Lok Mahotsav  Sambalpur and presented  a paper on Indigenous Knowledge of the people of Western Odisha in 2001. She was the Judge of the international INT’L Essay Competition, Nigeria 2017.She was conferred upon the Prestigious International Poesis Award of Honor at the 2nd Bharat Award for Literature as Jury in 2015, The Enchanting Muse Award in India World Poetree Festival 2017, World Icon of Peace Award in 2017, and the Pentasy B World Fellow Poet in 2017. She is the Ambassador of Humanity by Hafrican Prince Art World, Africa 2018 in the service of promoting the humanity. She is adjudged for the POIESIS AWARD for Poetic Excellence based on the Result of The Rabindranath Tagore Award English Poetry Contest 2018.  At present she is the Chief Editor, of Philosophique Poetical (De-Aanand), Manager at Large, Planner and columnist of the online monthly magazine “The Literati”, Editor of Radical Rhythm Anthology, Guest Editor of Fire Anthology, Admin of several poetic groups and associated with many socio-educative works.