A Preface 13
From My Pen 14
A Tribute to Tagore 15
The Leaves of Lullaby Tree 16
The Spring I Saw 17
The Want of the Ant 18
The Cardo santo 19
The Wildflowers 20
When the Sky Fell Asleep 21
While the Hill Slept Aslant 22
The Earth 23
For an Errant Avenger 24
Let Life Avail the Wonder 25
A Moonlit Night 26
Autumn 27
Benison 28
A Vignette of a Village Girl 29
The Hanging Felani 30
Malala 31
Mirsarai Cries 32
Our Heroes in Throes 33
Abir Janabi 34
O Mother, I Owe Thee 35
The Queen of the Night 36
Angelica 37
One Goal, Two Aims 38
In the Butterfly House 39
My Best Rummage 40
An Opus in the Offing 41
A Milieu Indeed 42
Memory 43
The Journey of Two Kids 44
Auld Lang Syne 45
Where are the People of Yore? 46
Sweet was the Morning Sun 47
While in Florida 48
As the Lakes were Smiling with Red Lotus 49
A Village Called Birds’ Villa 50
Winter’s Harbinger 51
Autumn Blossom 52
Oh, the Colours Galore 53
Happy were the Pair of Birds 54
Let there be Sleep in My Eyes 55
Looking for You 56
The Privets 57
The Belladonna Lily 58
Actinia Equina 59
The Red Munia in Cage 60
The Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher 61
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo 62
The Baya Weaver 63
Common Swallow,- the Ababil 64
Going Home 65
The Lady in Cloud-cuckoo- land 66
A Bunch of Love 67
When Sang the Wrens 68
The Sand Martins 69
The Red Bigeye 70
A Respite 71
The Bird Park 72
Goldilocks 73
A Sheila of the Subtopia 74
The Indian Pitta 75
The Titmouse 76
The Black-crested Bulbul 77
The Leafbirds 78
Truth and Troth 79
While Reading the “Spring Symphony” 80
Ericas 81
My Dhaka in the Olden Days 82
Falling in the Track of an Olden Link 83
The Blue Tit Neighbours 84
The Yellow Warbler 85
When no more Snow 86
Let not Give Ear to the Backbiter 87
The Leaver 88
The Sand Tears 89
The Beautiful Loneliness 90
The Quetzal Bird 91
This was March 92
My Friends with Steel-tipped Pens 93
A Sober Veer 94
It was Spring 95
In the Spring that Came 96
Beauty 97
The Waves of Yellow 98
The Will of Heaven 99
Between the Buildings Rising High 100
The Lollipop Lady 101
Parrot-fashion 102
If there was no Sin 103
Please do not Take Me from Me 104
The Jasmines and the Adoring Lady 105
The Shiulis 106
Popping Out 107
Abode 108
The Roses Juxtaposed 109
The Baby in the Bin 110
Let Soul be the Gloriole 111
Turned Aglow 112
The Kites 113
The End of an Odyssey 114
The Chionodoxa 115
Figment 116
Towards Immanent 117
The Whispering of the Trees 118
Sensation 119
A Peasant and his Petite Wife 120
Image 121
One Late Night 122
White 123
Baccalaureate 124
The Fisherman 125
Camaraderie 126
An Oscar, So Dear! 127
A Tip for Tulip-lips 128
The Twilight Years 129
The Dew of Tear 130
Minginess 131
The Trail of Praise 132
The Devil Got Comforting Devil to Pay 133
A Pair of Lotuses 134
With Endless to Eternity 135
Life 136
If Life is an Endless Span 137
The Canary and the Three 138
The Aracan Beauty 139
The Days in YMCA 140
The Poor Little Lad 141
The Labour Piled High 142
Peace 143
Leaves of Cloud 144
The Cranes 145
The Urchins 146
Looking for Her 147
Bathed in Moonlight 148
The Cadbury Baby 149
The Merry Old Lady 150
The Grain 151
The Pair of Glasses 152
My Watch 153
Her Balcony in Grace 154
A Memory in the Nest 155
Greed 156
While in the Pink 157
The Dark Beauty of Johannesburg 158
The Greens in Ellisville 159
The “Sky Town” 160
Looking for the Clue 161
A Penman’s Wondered Awe 162
Doubt 163
Rout 164
The Trades I Made 165
A Wish 166
A Dream 167
The Portrait 168
The Portrait and a Stranger 169
The Songbird 170
For a Stellar Stay 171
Pillowing on My Pillow 172
The Days 173
A Thought Remade 174
A Ballad of My Salad Days 175
A Game Called Cricket 176
My Brand New Shoes 177
Redolent of My Dreams 178
A Thingamajig 179
The Pretty-pretty Two 180
Humanity Winning a Trillion Trust 181
My Heart is there Where She was Before 182
The Svelte Widow 183
A Momentary Stay 184
Pell-mell Tales 185
Late 186
When? 187
My First Amour 188
A Memento of the Past 189
29 Banagram Lane 190
Waiting Alfresco 191
The Passion Flower 192
Let the Arrogant be Content 193
Flower-girl 194
Behold the Heroes 195
Serene You 196
The Rhythm of the Fading Pain 197
From an Errant Alumnus 198
A Rickshaw Puller and I 199
The Rickshaw Puller 200
The First Summer Rain 201
On My First Gaze at the Taj 202
If My Memory was like a Sieve 203
Truth shall Make a Clean Breast 204
Dwelling Upon 205
Waiting 206
Solace 207
Prettiness 208
If Not Yet Seen! 209
The People are Falling Apart 210
Homo sapiens 211
A Success 212
The Heathers 213
A Cheer not Inferred 214
Love 215
A Sullen Few 216
My Moppet 217
The Moon and You 218
In the Angelic Realm of My Little Gems 219
My Little Dearies 220
The Cockroach 221
Daub 222
Sibling Content 223
Oh, My Little Angel 224
A Dream Fulfilled 225
My Little Wonder in Merriment Vein 226
My Doll, My Idol 227
The Herald 228
My Sweetie is a Cutie-pie 229
With My Little Darlings in My Heart 230
The Moon Knew that the Bride was You 231
My Dear Little Child 232
My Little Wonder 233
The Weeping Willow and My Weeping Doll 234
The Rose was in Flower
