" DIONYSUS – The Radiant Joy "

In the forest raves and dreamlike gleam
I saw thee brew thy heady stream,
Now let me sing, 'The God of Wine'
And speak volumes for thee, line by line.

Except Apollo, no Olympian bright
Fit to hold the candle before thy light,
May I don robes and flowing hair
To shield this verse from time’s despair.

The vinter lifts his crimson glass
And bids me let my burdens pass—
To dance in rhythm, wild and free
Embracing life’s sweet ecstasy.

Hard trials test my inner flame
Yet still I rise to chant thy name,
Thy rapture drives me to the stage
And makes the Swan become thy page.

©🖋️ Prasenjit Chanda (26/07/2025)

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' GANYMEDE "

What art thou pouring from the urn?
The nectar of eternal grace —
The beauty that even Zeus yearns.

'He' becomes a hunting bird,
To guard that ageless flame;
The shepherd’s path to Olympus
Is no mere myth — it bears a name.

From Mount Ida to the Olympus,
Where youth and time stand still,
To whom before the gods submit,
And drink of ardour, joy, and will.

The audacity to praise thy radiant charm
This ill-favoured bard does not hold -
Better to gaze on Aquarius,
Or Jupiter's orbit I may behold.

© 🖋️ Prasenjit Chanda
(22/07/2025)

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" INTOLERABLE "

Life chains me up in purgatory
Buds fall here before they bloom,
No ray of hope comes forth
To give me joy, to remove perpetual gloom .
Like clouds without words I'm crying
And the monsoon of my eyes
Rain throughout the year.
But my heart is like Atacama
Barren and monotonous.
And the life --
A needle without thread
Stitches nothing but
Pricks a lot.

© Prasenjit Chanda
(20/07/2025)

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" PRIDE "

I put my wings on fire
I've stepped with stride,
I won't live at your desire
Now I'll live a life of pride.

Now I'm ready for a rainbow ride -
To wear its colour is my pride,
The worth I hold now I de fide
To honour myself is my pride,
Now I'll live with time and tide
To accept myself is my pride.

To live with shame long I bide
Now no more shame no more hide ,
To be myself, I've stepped with stride
And found in truth, a life of pride.

( These lines are dedicated to LGBTQ community)
© 🖊️ Prasenjit Chanda (19/06/2025)

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" জ্যোতির্ময় "

অন্ধজনের আলো তুমি
যুক্তিবাদীর যুক্তি,
দুঃখ ভরা পৃথ্বীতে এই
তোমার পথেই মুক্তি।

তোমার পথেই সেদিন অশোক
বিশ্ব করিল জয়,
তোমার কাছে প্রনত হলে
দূর হয় সংশয়।

তোমার পথই পথের দিশা
আত্ম করে শুদ্ধ,
বিশ্ববাসীর আলোক শিখা
শাক্যমুনি বুদ্ধ।

গর্ব করে বলি যখন
ভারত দেয়নি যুদ্ধ,
ভারত মানে সম্প্রীতি
ভারত মানে বুদ্ধ।

©🖊️ প্রসেনজিৎ চন্দ (১২/০৫/২০২৫)

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" The Lost Buddha "

Tumbling - turmoiling the world is now
Arguments are lost and ignorance is bliss,
The Lotus couldn't expand her petals
The worms have their crimson kiss.

What in darkness should illumine
Intoxicated into a dark sleep,
And the worst is at its highest form
While the best fail promises to keep.

Now orebs and vultures try their strength
The song birds cease their lays
The sins of History ever repeated
In the darkest hour; in these darkest days.

Is there salvation - revelation at yonder
The fathom, we're not ready to apprehend!
The nightmare of darkness is so intense
Will the blessed one come to rend?

Or the penal fire of admantine chain
Burns out wisdom in eternal vain!

Where is my Budhha
The luminous light!
To awake from deep sleep
From ignorance and fright.

©Prasenjit Chanda
(23/03/2025)

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"Adieu" - Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

Some deaths are as light as feathers,
Some deaths are heavier than a hill,
Some deaths like a great wound -
They never fill, never heal.

It's not that you're divine,
But surely a hope of light,
In the realm of darkness
An inspiration for fight.

Let me salute your austere life
Before, in sadness, I do sink
Let me adieu your honest life
Before, pain chokes my ink.

©Prasenjit Chanda
(11/08/2024)

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"RIDICULE"

Standing over the countless bodies of children
Why is there a faint smile
Graces your visage, leader?
You can laugh freely
What is called a " Guffaw"!
The same laugh once Führer had
Now with your resounding snort,
Let all the children's cries be suppressed,
Your victory against terrorism
Will be engraved in the annals of history
In your country's textbooks,
You will become a legend!
It will be declared.......
"They had no right to live"
They needed to be erased
So they have been erased,
Just as you have erased
The bloodstains from your hands!
But the cycle is not yet complete
Yet it shall be -
The day you receive
The Nobel prize for peace.

©Prasenjit Chanda (26/05/2024)

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" অমর একুশ "

(আন্তর্জাতিক মাতৃভাষা শহিদদের প্রতি।)

বছর ফিরে একুশ আসে
মাতৃ ভাষার টানে,
একুশ আসে কবিতায়
আর একুশ আসে গানে।

একুশ মানে শক্ত চোয়াল
বুকেতে বল ঠাসা,
একুশ মানে অহং আমার
মিষ্টি বাংলা ভাষা।

একুশ মানে মাতৃভাষা
শ্রদ্ধাঞ্জলি অর্পণ,
একুশ মানে ভাষা শহিদ
একুশ মানে তর্পণ।

একুশ মানে প্রতিবাদ
একুশ - প্রতিরোধ,
একুশ মানে রক্তে রাঙানো
মাতৃ ঋণ শোধ।

© প্রসেনজিৎ চন্দ
(২১/০২/২০২৪)

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To Have You

My heart is rebellious as sea
It wants you to stay with me,
Let me sail as we did before
Or let me die on the shore.

You with me and love would thrive
I can't hold it, let love drive
Falling in love - a bottle of wine
Sweet for a season but lasts for a time.

To have your smile, to have your love
Let me give you heaven above,
Let me be insane to have your kiss
I'll remain ignorant to have that bliss.


© Prasenjit Chanda
20/07/2023

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