DEBASIS TRIPATHY

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Poets Starting after Forty

The young poets may pity
others for starting after forty,

joining the long queue late
with old tone and thoughts
as they ripened during aging
in the interior belly of barrels
The maturing masked & moderated

What they lost in youth
and now making up in midlife
reprinting a faded facsimile
that was forced into bondage
failing to fulfill in prime

Very different from theirs
what a predicament they face now
after all those strife & stages
of a festering mess of pain & plateau

not one expression erased
though they start behind, as if eventually
dormant with emotions   

a volcano were to erupt from under
the barrier between then & now

Poets Starting After Forty

by Debasis Tripathy

Debasis Tripathy works for an IT Company in Bangalore. He also writes – poems and short fiction. His recent work features in Mad Swirl, Rogue Agent, Vayavya, Feral, Mantle Poetry, Eunoia Review and elsewhere. Occasionally, he tweets at @d_basis

23 Comments

  1. Anonymous
    Anonymous on May 21, 2021 at 3:28 am

    Lovely. Liked your voice as well

    Reply
    • Debasis Tripathy
      Debasis Tripathy on May 21, 2021 at 4:31 am

      Thanks for the kind words

      Reply
      • Mousumi
        Mousumi on May 21, 2021 at 8:37 am

        One of your best poems.. The recitation adds flavour…

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        • Anonymous
          Anonymous on May 21, 2021 at 5:01 pm

          thanks much

          Reply
        • Anonymous
          Anonymous on May 21, 2021 at 5:03 pm

          Thanks

          Reply
        • Lee(Sujit)
          Lee(Sujit) on May 23, 2021 at 10:42 am

          Very sort of intimate..Amazing narration too..Do you write songs too? Regards Lee

          Reply
      • Anonymous
        Anonymous on May 21, 2021 at 11:58 am

        Superb Deb…

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    • Debasis Tripathy
      Debasis Tripathy on May 21, 2021 at 5:00 pm

      Thanks a lot

      Reply
    • Anonymous
      Anonymous on May 22, 2021 at 5:05 pm

      burst of gamma rays and solar flares emanating from the horse’s mouth..powerful !

      Reply
  2. Arijit Maitra
    Arijit Maitra on May 21, 2021 at 3:29 am

    Loved it. Both.

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    • Debasis Tripathy
      Debasis Tripathy on May 21, 2021 at 4:32 am

      Thanks a lot

      Reply
  3. Deepak
    Deepak on May 21, 2021 at 4:58 am

    Lovely…ati sundar..Love it..Gote hindi re hei jau..

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    • Debasis Tripathy
      Debasis Tripathy on May 21, 2021 at 6:05 am

      Thanks Brother

      Reply
  4. Anonymous
    Anonymous on May 21, 2021 at 5:59 am

    Beautiful – Loved it. Audio voice is really good. Awesome!!

    Arif Bhai

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    • Debasis Tripathy
      Debasis Tripathy on May 21, 2021 at 6:06 am

      Thanks Sir. This was my first time & I was apprehensive.

      Reply
  5. Indu
    Indu on May 21, 2021 at 7:23 am

    Wonderful…..can relate a fully…

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    • Debasis Tripathy
      Debasis Tripathy on May 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

      Thanks Indu

      Reply
  6. Anonymous
    Anonymous on May 21, 2021 at 10:04 am

    And we read and heard it in your voice. Very well written. Mimi & Rajan

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    • Debasis Tripathy
      Debasis Tripathy on May 21, 2021 at 5:04 pm

      Thanks Mimi & Rajan

      Reply
  7. Vinay Gudla
    Vinay Gudla on May 21, 2021 at 3:37 pm

    Very nice Debasis

    Reply
    • Debasis Tripathy
      Debasis Tripathy on May 21, 2021 at 5:05 pm

      thanks Vinay

      Reply
  8. Ojas save
    Ojas save on May 22, 2021 at 5:43 am

    Wonderful. All the pathos of prufrock!

    Ojas

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    • Debasis Tripathy
      Debasis Tripathy on May 22, 2021 at 8:27 am

      Ha Ha… I am still learning

      Reply

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