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Joy Goswami

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WARS MARCH INTO THE PAST

Wars march into the past
Peak upon peak rising

Towards tips of frost

Behind them the little houses
Sit their bright lights on

For the men they have lost

WARS MARCH INTO THE PAST

Joy Goswami

(India, 1954)

Joy Goswami is regarded as one of the finest poets in the ‘post-Jibananda Das era’ of Bengali poetry. He is the author of twenty-five collections of poetry, ten novels (one of which is in verse), and a book of critical essays. He is also assistant editor of the important literary periodical, Desh, and is in charge of the poetry section. Stylistically innovative, sensuous and imagistic, his poet...

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WARS MARCH INTO THE PAST

Wars march into the past
Peak upon peak rising

Towards tips of frost

Behind them the little houses
Sit their bright lights on

For the men they have lost

WARS MARCH INTO THE PAST

Wars march into the past
Peak upon peak rising

Towards tips of frost

Behind them the little houses
Sit their bright lights on

For the men they have lost