• Published : 26 Aug, 2015
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  • Rating : 5

My poems accuse me of being

Insensitive to the world's plight.

Always writing personal verse,

Being a romantic to the core,

Despite living on the crux of

A world in postmodernity.

And I stare at a blank page for

The vision of modernity.

Out of sync with simulation

And dissimulation,

Of Barthes and Baudrillard,

I pen a poem on paper,

And sometimes add a rhyme or two -

A blatant assault on the readers

Who stumble upon my poetry.

And the critics accuse me of

Romantic incurability.

About the Author

Amit Shankar Saha

Joined: 24 Aug, 2015 | Location: , India

Amit Shankar Saha is an autodidact amateur in a world of career professionals. His love for literature and academics led him to obtain a PhD in English from Calcutta University. He is a poet, a short story writer and a postdoctoral research...

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