Mortal Immortal
by Pranab Ghosh / April 21st, 2019
Significance diminishes with years.
What was important yesterday
May not be needed today.
Significance diminishes with years.
What was essential yesterday
May not be even wanted today.
Significance diminishes with years.
What was fundamental yesterday
May not be cardinal anymore today.
But what stays becomes
Time-tested, immortal,
In the hearts of mortals.
Pranab Ghosh is a journalist, writer, poet, translator and blogger. His
blog is “Existential Problems”. His poems and prose have been published by several on=line publications including Dissident Voice, Spillwords, The Piker Press, Setu Magazine, Pangolin Review, Visual Verse, etc. Pranab has coauthored a book of poems, titled Air & Age; a translation of a book of Bengali short stories, “Bougainvillea and Other Stories” (English translation title). His second book of poems and first solo book, “Soul Searching and Other Poems” (2017), was published by Scarlet Leaf Publishing, Toronto. His second collection of poems, “Vision of the World and Other Poems”, was published by Impspired.com in November 2020.
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This article was posted on Sunday, April 21st, 2019 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.