My Childhood
Srutimala Duara 1964 (Guwahati, Assam)
My Childhood
My childhood was on those streets
where silence reigned
Those homes along the street with wooden gates
always open
My childhood was in my neighbour's home
any time of the day
Sitting in my friend's courtyard where time stopped
to say hello
My childhood was in Grandmother's pickle
sunning on the long verandah
Listening to tales of princes and Krishna
from the Mahabharata
My childhood was in our garden
smelling of hasnahana
Watching colours on butterflies
Playing hide and seek with fireflies
About this poem
The poem is on childhood years where Guwahati was just a small town and life was simple, uncomplicated
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Submitted by s.duara on August 08, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | XAXB XXXX XACC BBDD |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 507 |
| Words | 84 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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