monsoonletters

A literary magazine hoping to promote the might of the pen at every step.
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Monsoonletters is pleased to announce that our new bilingual poetry anthology issue 'Crossroads' is available now!

To get your copies while stocks last, email us at [email protected] or contact [phone]
#crossroads

[BBPC Poetry Collective @bbpc_poetry]

We are halfway through our Translation Circle workshop series! The conversations ranged from the definition of a dew drop to the socioeconomic landscape of Igboland! Next week, Bangla from @LipiHalder @ToynbeeHall, Urdu from @Maliha_Haider @_TheWhitechapel
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Do no harm and leave the world a better place than you found it.

Patricia Cornwell
#born #onthisday

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Rain

Pit-a-pat drops rain
Plant leaves shiver with a thrill
Wounds in your heart heal

Sadat Sayem | Five Haiku | Crossroads

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আমার লাশের ভার পৃথিবীকে দিও না;
আকাশে দাফন দিও,
সন্ধ্যাবেলা, পাখিরা ফিরে গেলে।
গোপন করে রেখোনা মৃত্যুসংবাদ,
জেনেছি— মৃত্যু খুব গোপন কিছু নয়।

রাইসুল নয়ন | শবাগ্রহ | Crossroads
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Only a fraction of the world’s stories have survived. What might we be missing?

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Monsoonletters curated a pop-up poetry performance at WOW Bangladesh Sylhet Chapter in collaboration with British Council Bangladesh, Mongol Deep Foundation and CCD Bangladesh

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Monsoonletters has held a performance poetry workshop in Sylhet with young poets to prepare for the upcoming 'pop-up' poetry performance at WOW Bangladesh Sylhet Chapter to be held on 19 May, 2022.
@WOWisGlobal

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Ward 28, East Wing
Another baby encounters worldly agony
Within the four grey walls, she bawls
Wails emanate from her tiny frame
Penetrating walls of concrete

Ramisha Anan Rahman | A life, for a life | Crossroads
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প্রেমের দুই বিরুদ্ধ পার আছে। এক পারে চোরাবালি, আর-এক পারে ফসলের খেত। এক পারে ভালোলাগার দৌরাত্ম, অন্য পারে ভালোবাসার আমন্ত্রণ।

রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর
#Born #OnThisDay

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শুনেছি —
বালিশের তুলোর মতো নরোম স্নেহ সে জমায়!
শিশুর ঘুমের মতো নিষ্পাপ যে স্পর্শ,
রাজহাঁসের গায়ের শাদা রঙের মতো যে শুভ্রতা
আর দীর্ঘশ্বাসের মতো বিব্রত যে অনুভূতি,
সেসব নিয়ে অপেক্ষা করে প্রিয় পুরুষটি!

খাইরুন নাহার | প্রিয় পুরুষটির প্রতি | Crossroads

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Late Papa’s Decaying Cottage
Chest beating at your throat
Sunlight flapping its butterfly wings,
Somersaults to six summers ago.

Jahanara Tariq | Late Papa’s Decaying Cottage | Crossroads
#crossroads

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You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.

Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
#born #OnThisDay #HarperLee

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সে নামাজ পড়তো
আমি মার্ক্স পড়তাম।

প্রতি মোনাজাতে আল্লাহর কাছে
আর্জি করতো সে আমার দীর্ঘায়ুর,
আর ‘গুলি কর শুওরের বাচ্চা’ বলে—
আমি বন্দুকের সামনে দাঁড়াতাম,
সে আমারে চাইতো
আমি মানুষের মুক্তি চাইতাম।

সৈকত আমীন | পৃথক পথের পৃথিবী | Crossroads
#crossroads
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Miracles do happen,
Like that one night,
when the baby slept
without itchy discomfort,
Sadly, his default state.

Samia Tamrin Ahmed | A long way to heal | Crossroads
#crossroads

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Monsoonletters performed a pop-up poetry performance, based on the themes of women's empowerment and liberation at WOW Bangladesh Khulna Chapter, held at Khulna University.

12 March, 2022
#wowkhulna

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@monsoonletters1 held a poetry workshop in preparation for our pop-up performance at @WOWisGlobal Bangladesh Khulna Chapter

11 March, 2022
#wowkhulna

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Monsoonletters will be performing poetry at the @WOWisGlobal Khulna Chapter on 12 March, 2022. Catch us at the Khulna Circuit House Field if you are in town!
#wowkhulna #poetry

[Rabab Fatima @rababfh2016]

Congratulations my friend ⁦@Rubanahuq⁩! So proud of you! #AUW couldn’t have had a better leader than you now! Bravo! Dr. Rubana Huq, Poet and Business Leader, named as AUW Vice Chancellor, effective February 15, 2022 - Asian University for Women ⁦ https://t.co/v0V1keq9iw

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Congratulations to @Rubanahuq, editor of Monsoonletters on becoming the new Vice Chancellor of Asian University of Women!

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@monsoonletters1 Team with Selina Hossain, the new President of Bangla Academy
#সেলিনা_হোসেন