****~in Sunderbans~****

Your Name: Amit Ray Title of Poem: In Sunderbans The Body of the Poem: In Sunderbans where tigers roar Mangroves dense vast surroundings explore Black stripes sniffed on orange flesh for succour where to- ever his grouses justified refesh Danger lurks cautiously guarding his lair, mother Nature in furore! A timid deer`s gossamer dreams in his patient mouth That`s how the law defined-somebody`s sunrise and somebody else`s sunset so couth A second day fuel with a succulent buffalo, a third day duel with a crocodile in nesh In Sunderbans There lies in silence a bigger score A honey farmer in the death row he tore He picked up a quarrel with the busy bees in their mesh A new day musing with new enemies afresh And now a village trail along the Matla river, a new taste flick with albacore In Sunderbans N.B. Poetry form is English Rondeau.