By The Foot Of A Hill

By the foot of a hill
a butterfly winged back trembling
to its home.
On the way
flowers welcomed it and said:
'Come,
sit beside us
and
live your youth.'
The butterfly replied:
'You tempt and unfold and madden;
I show my colours in vain.'

poem by Dina Nath Nadim
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A Hut Leaned Against a House

A hut leaned against a house
counting its days
winter after winter.
One winter
snow shattered its roof;
another winter
rain felled it.
Someone bought the house
and
raised a bungalow instead.

One upon a time
a hut was there;
now
it is sod.

poem by Dina Nath Nadim
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