Villanelle Poem by Shamik Banerjee
The interchange is confounding and loud, Autorickshaws scuttle the rotary, Crowd in a father, father in a crowd; Sun-blinding towers stand pompous and proud, Paan Shops on footways roar with janglery, The interchange is confounding and loud; No pother was under the village cloud, Or straphangers uncalm and ornery, Crowd in a father, father in a crowd; His chest, ribbed and short-winded made him cowed To find and rest inside an eatery, The interchange is confounding and loud; For this frail elder, ease is unallowed, To his helplessness, youths throw mockery, Crowd in a father, father in a crowd; Unminded jaywalkers, no aid endowed, Snarled are his feet amid this bobbery, The interchange is confounding and loud, Crowd in a father, father in a crowd.
Shamik Banerjee is a poet and poetry reviewer from the North-Eastern belt of India. He loves taking long strolls and spending time with his family. His deep affection with Solitude and Poetry provides him happiness.
