P.K. Deb- A Poem

Development                    

Development – a decorated vehicle,

used by human civilization-

fuelled up with ever-increasing hunger,

geared up by consecutive inventions

and destined towards a permanent dining hall-

full of hungry crowd-

irrespective of rich and poor.

All are seemed to be greedy too

in longing for something more,

over ambitious to make lives

happy, happier and happiest.

Enthusiastic is the vehicle too in movement,

keeps a simultaneous pace        

to reach the attractive dining tables 

soon ,sooner and soonest,

blind in sustaining an endless rivalry

between hunger and inventions.

Ever active are men and machines

in assembling the parts of development,                                                           

polishing it to give a new glow and name daily

and enchanting themselves to exhibit

a never ending game of blanking and filling-

in the name of so-called Development.


Pijush Kanti Deb is a new Indian poet with more than 100 poems accepted or published in many national and international magazines and journals- print and on-line since June 2013.He is an Associate Professor in Economics.