The Notice Of White Shroud



Many thanks and

A Notice Of White Shroud:  By Aranyak Shams

Suddenly I woke up feeling like an old man in his eighties.
I see the sky above my head,
Like a colorless 'pale-gray-face' hanging in the air,
The sky seemed to be a
'white shroud' covering the corpse of the sky and remnants of the cloud,
The sun is shrinking like a 'white dwarf'.

The pillow is torn off but the head is hanging on an inch above the ground,
Not wanting to depart like a faithful shadow,
Even though the faithful cell phone is smashed,
It is still clinging to the body,
As if the ashes remains after the cremation,
As if everything is dead but wants to resurrect.

Suddenly, I saw a dog barking,
And got out of the dustbin next to the cemetery and started licking his own dirts,
Unexpectedly, he made the tail curled up,
And by encircling the whole faithfulness,
He embraced the death,
Faithfulness dies with dirth.

Looking to the right,
I see now a vulture peeking out of a hole of a burnt 'Jarul Tree'.
Mother is dead next to him.

As soon as I remembered my cell phone,
I picked it up.
I saw a 'Notice' blinking on the screen....

"Humankinds are being informed that you have destroyed the heavenly earth. Now the world is under re-construction.
It will take hundred years to reboot."

Awakening up from 'the tormented dream' ,
I found a 'dismantled myself, a dog and a bird, And I saw :

'Two are deceased,
One is at dead end,
And the stomach is rumbling'.

I have been engulfed with horrifying darkness,
Now, I have to go out to find food,
No time left ....
I must catch up ...
the 'West-bound-train'!

© Aranyak Shams

(February 09, 2021-Suburbs, Sylhet)

About this poem

This is surrealistic piece of poetry that reflects also contemporary issues around the world and how we are destroying our mother earth. It also focuses on the impact of what we do against the nature and what may happen in future as its consequences.

Font size:
Collection       
 

Written on February 09, 2021

Submitted by rtn_m on July 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:44 min read
0

Quick analysis:

Scheme A B BXXXXX XXXCDX EBFBGG XCX XFX DA XB XXE BXXFX B A
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,660
Words 348
Stanzas 13
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 6, 6, 6, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 5, 1, 1

Aranyak Shams (Mohammed Shams Uddin)

 · Sylhet

The poet is an author, columnist, ELT Researcher and the Vice President of ETAB (Bangladesh English Teachers Association). He is also an Editor of an international journal named 'GATE SELTA, and literary little magazine named 'Aranyan'. He has two published poetry books and six academic books for kids and young learners. more…

All Aranyak Shams (Mohammed Shams Uddin) poems | Aranyak Shams (Mohammed Shams Uddin) Books

1 fan

Discuss the poem The Notice Of White Shroud with the community...

0 Comments

    Translation

    Find a translation for this poem in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "The Notice Of White Shroud" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 26 Dec. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/133860/the-notice-of-white-shroud>.

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    December 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    5
    days
    15
    hours
    24
    minutes

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    How may lines and syllables are in a Japanese Waka poem?
    A 50 syllables in 7 lines
    B 31 syllables in five lines
    C 15 syllables in 7 lines
    D 30 syllables in every other line