Sitakant Mahapatra

Sitakant Mahapatra, An Oriya poet of Orissa, Orissan myth, populace, art, culture, Thought, society and tradition, A ditto Oriya man With his nativity and roots of Orissa Writing about the Orissan landscapes, Intruding upon their resonant silence, Personal space and scapes. A poet of some mythical base And historic historicity, He is a link In the historicity and nativity, A chain in between Thought and tradition Carried down over the years By folktales orally, Going down Deep into the depths of time. The Ramamyana and the Mahabharata, The Bhagabata In the Oriya version Heard through his father He has not forgotten, Continues to carry forward The imprints and impressions In his verse, word texture Of the textile of words, Woven and with prints. The Oriya village, the temple, The sea and the rivers, Coastal Orissa, Its myth and mysticism, Historicity and tradition, Ancient lore and ethics, He pens through, The epical narratives and characters Engaging his space And casting An impact of their own.