The Priest - Soumik Kumar De
Adore the temple
The deity is there
Not an invisible one
But whom you can touch and feel.
The deity of your own
Whom you worshiped
With your own labour
From dawn to dusk
The temple of your own
Whom you built
Not with vain red bricks
But with your nerve and sinew
Then one day
You find it there
So strong and stout
Structured with muscles.
It gives you
A fresh breath and energy
And one behind it all
The yogi, the yoga.
Bio:-
Mr. Soumik Kumar De is a teacher by profession and a poet by passion. He was born in 1977 in Bankura, West Bengal. An M.A. and M.Phil. in English literature Mr. De has several bilingual poems to his credit. His first anthology Adrikake Niye was published in 2005. It was a collection of Bengali creative poems. His poems have been included in several journals, anthologies and web magazines like Aulos: An Anthology of Poems, Caravan, Sangshaptak, Borderless Journal etc. Besides he has several academic and non- academic writings. He also has edited a bilingual (English to Bengali) dictionary for little kids. He is also a writer of short story and flash fictions. He has a penchant for travelling and so far covered almost all the states of India. Beside writing he likes to spend his leisure hours by painting and playing guitar.