One fine drenched morning
I wanted to groom myself
And towel-dry my wetness.
I came across you,
My friend in solitude,
My bonding with you
Isn’t a lonely enterprise.
Solitude is musical,
The painted moods
Splash colors on a canvas
Of passing moments.
I catch your glimpse,
You become my sight.
I let farsightedness
Be my torch,
Our lives intermingled & jangling
Like dancing steps.
You make my solitude less lonely.
Our silences speak louder than
The moonlit night.
The blue river at night
Reflects the first togetherness
Of the stars;
Slowly we meet and melt,
Warmly we sit and chat.
Before you curl for a night’s care
I am that embrace which
You have stolen from me,
For soft steps to come closer.
Love is an escape,
Sharing the caring expressions
With each other.
I let the world freeze,
But you are the snow flake
Fallen from the shaking branches
Of a heavenly tree.
You are my classic touch
For every upcoming generation.
This is a love poem
That breaks my KitKat
When I desire to appreciate
A leisurely time with you.
No occasions bleed
When I remain as clear water,
I appreciate this blooming
Of two hearts,
My embrace isn’t a cage,
I want to walk with you.
Sushant Thapa
Sushant Thapa (born on 26th February, 1993) is an award-winning Nepalese poet from
Biratnagar-13, Nepal who holds an M.A. in English literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi, India. He has published five books of English poetry, namely: The Poetic Burden and Other Poems (Authorspress, New Delhi, 2020), Abstraction and Other Poems (Impspired, UK, 2021), Minutes of Merit (Haoajan, Kolkata, 2021), Love’s Cradle (World Inkers Printing and Publishing, New York, USA and Senegal, Africa, 2023) and Spontaneity: A New Name of Rhyme (Ambar Publication House, New Delhi, 2023). Debut poetry book by Sushant entitled “The Poetic Burden and Other Poems” has been awarded Indology Best Poet Award 2022 from West Bengal, India and his third poetry book entitled “Minutes of Merit” has won Yashaswi Book Awards 2079. The award was presented to him in Kaling Literary Festival, Kathmandu 2023 (2nd edition). Recently, Sushant has been awarded Sahitto International Award for Literature 2023 under “Jury Award” Category from Bangladesh.
Sushant received Kamala- Raj Bahadur Kunwar Literature Award 2080 B.S. (Nepali Year) in his hometown in Biratnagar, Nepal recently. Poems written by Sushant Thapa have appeared in school books, numerous print and online magazines and journals around the world.
