Yellow Mama E zine

Farce at the stillness

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by Partha Sarkar

 

          It rained all night long

          And it rained in the documents

          And I know that there is a limpid star.

          But it partly signifies when the night is haunted

          Floating penniless and penology

          And I do not know where penitence is.

 

          A long penance

 

          And I know there is new birth for me

          And there is no new death for me.

 

         Partha Sarkar is a resident of Ichapur, a small town in the province of West Bengal of India. A graduate, he writes poems being inspired by the late Sankar Sarkar and his friends (especially Deb Kumar Khan) to protest against social injustice and crime against nature. His poems have been in different magazines, both in Bangla and in English. Once he believed in revolution, but now he is confused because of the obscurity of human beings, though he keeps the fire in his soul despite it.  

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          Bernice Holtzman’s paintings and collages have appeared in shows at various venues in Manhattan, including the Back Fence in Greenwich Village, the Producer’s Club, the Black Door Gallery on W. 26th St., and one other place she can’t remember, but it was in a basement, and she was well received. She is the Assistant Art Director for Yellow Mama.