Selected Poems

GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE; A NOTE ON THE CONTRIBUTORS; NOTES ON DATES, TEXT, AND ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION BY SANKHA GHOSH; THE SUICIDE OF THE STAR ; THE SPRING WAKES FROM ITS DREAM ; RAHU'S LOVE ; THE HEART'S LONGINGS ; SONG-WRITING ; MEMORY ; BEYOND THE SUNSET ; BRIEF INFINITY ; ETERNAL DAY ; OCEAN WAVES ; TO AHALYA ; A FAREWELL ; THE GOLDEN BOAT ; I WON'T LET YOU GO ; SWAYING ; TO THE OCEAN ; THE HEART'S YAMUNA ; VOYAGE WITHOUT END ; ON A MOONLIT LIGHT ; NOW TURN ME BACK ; THE VARIOUS-PICTURED ; A PLEA ; URVASHI ; THE MIRAGE ; THE LORD OF LIFE ; BESIDE THE SEA ; OFFERING ; THE UNPHILOSOPHICAL ; THE UNKNOWN UNIVERSE ; AFFLICTION ; DEVOURED BY THE GOD ; WORDS AND RHYTHM ; AFTER THE BURNING OF MADANA ; THE END OF THE YEAR ; THE MEETING OF KARNA AND KUNTI ; THE DRUNKARD ; HOW OLD IS THE POET? ; COMPENSATION ; BLOCK BLOSSOM ; THE POET ; LIFE ; YOUR GESTURE ; THE NEST AND THE SKY ; ATHIRST ; CHANGE OF ERA ; WHERE THE MIND IS WITHOUT FEAR ; THE POET'S SCIENCE ; DEATH-TRYST ; WORSHIP ; THE CRAZY SPRING ; THE AFAR ; DEAR MOTHER ; THE CHILDREN BY THE SHORE ; THE INCENSE LONGS ; LAST FERRY ; THE HOLY HOUR ; RENUNCIATION ; UNNECESSARY ; THE COMING ; THE MISER ; SONG: THIS STORMY NIGHT ; SONG: THE SUIT ; SONG: WHEN LIFE HAS WITHERED ; SONG: YOUR FLUTE PLAYS IN THE THUNDER ; PILGRIMAGE TO INDIA ; THE DISHONOURED ; SONG: THIS IS WHY YOUR JOY ; MY ; SONG HAS CAST OFF ; THE DAY I GO ; SONG: THIS IS NO SWEET GAME ; SONG: THE NIGHT MY DOORS WERE SHATTERED ; SONG: THE HERDS OF LIGHT ; SONG: MY LAMP BLOWN OUT ; SUPREME FAREWELL ; SONG: THE CLOUD SAYS, 'I AM GOING' ; SONG: FROM THE SPRINGS OF DARKNESS ; THE EVENING TRAVELLER ; THE PICTURE ; THE RESTLESS ONE ; REPAYMENT ; YOU AND I ; THE FLYING GEESE ; THE STORM-CROSSING ; RELEASE ; BEING LOST ; DUSK AND DAWN ; ONE DAY ; FULFILMENT ; FOOTSTEPS ; GRATITUDE ; THE SKELETON ; UNION ; THE EXCHANGE ; HYMN TO THE TREE ; WOMAN OF THE SEA ; SEPARATION ; WOMAN EMPOWERED ; THE INCOMPLETE ; THE QUESTION ; THE BLACK HORSE ; DEATH-VANQUISHER ; CONTEMPLATION ; FLUTE-MUSIC ; BEAUTY ; DEATH ; THE INDIFFERENT ; THE VICTOR ; THE ANCIENT OLD MAN ; THE END ; EARTH ; I ; LAST NIGHT ; ON THE OPEN PATH ; IDENTITY ; AFRICA ; DEPLETION ; WHEN THE RAVELLED THREAD OF DREAMS ; THIS IS FREEDOM ; I SAW IN THE TWILIGHT ; THE DAY MY CONSCIOUSNESS WAS FREED ; ON EVERY SIDE, SHE-SNAKES ; WHY? ; SOUND ; A DECAYED HOUSE, A DESERTED MANSION ; THE DRUMMERS ; THE PEACOCK'S GAZE ; THIS SIDE AND THAT ; REMNANT ; SONG: AHEAD, THE SEA OF PEACE ; THE ROMANTIC ; GIFTS ; COMINGS AND GOINGS ; AQUATIC ; THE FIRST FORCE ; SUDDEN DEATH ; IMPOSSIBLE ; I IMAGINE ; LETTER FROM KALIMPONG ; IN THIS UNIVERSE ; IN THE GREY TWILIGHT WEDDING-HOUR ; WHEN I DO NOT SEE YOU ; CONCORD ; THE PALL OF THE SELF ; IN THE VAST FIELD OF CREATION ; THEY WORK ; SWEET IS THIS HEAVEN ; SONG: THE SUPREME MAN NOW COMES ; ON THE BANKS OF THE RUPNARAYAN ; THE FIRST DAY'S SUN ; SORROW'S DARK NIGHT ; THE PATH OF YOUR CREATION ; NOTES