Warmth is the contour of heat;?
history is a contour of us?
A kettle is an unborn fire?
Fire is a relative of the sun?
The sun is a stove of the universe?
Book of Tea: A Poem
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed May 21 as International Tea Day in recognition of the long history and deep cultural and economic significance of tea around the world. India is the second-largest producer and consumer of tea in the world.
International Tea Day
International Tea Day
Tea is a tincture of thirst;?
tree is an umbrella of the grass?
Sugar is a prism of taste?
Tea cup is a desire of the palm?
Water is a cousin of ice:?
a relative of fog & steam?
Every drink is a silhouette?
of a craving?
Desire is proportional in spring?
A factory is a penumbra of iron?
Tables and chairs?
are shapes of tea clerks?
A church is the shadow of a tea labourer?
Two leaves and a twig are three eyes?
of a Hindu god?
Rains are sweat of a hot summer;?
the sky is a curve of the earth?
I am the shadow of my son?
The monsoon is an umbra?
of black air?
A sprinkler is a translation of rain;?
Indian Ocean is the shadow of the Himalayas at dawn?
and so forth and so on?
I search?
more such similes and analogies standing?
at the gate of Danguajhar Tea Estate?
in spring
Sekhar Banerjee is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet. ?The Fern-gatherers’ Association (2021) is his latest collection of poems.?
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