"There exists a chance of every poem getting changed while reaching every reader. This ‘getting changed’ is a form of ‘getting translated’, in a way. So, every assimilation of any poem is a translation."

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“Unaware about my surrounding, unconscious I live.”

“The eyes hold tears for so long, let us fill it with love and passion.”

“A reader cannot take poetry by expanding it beyond his/her consciousness, rather can take by shrinking it within.”

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“I'm bereft of poetry on this planet, from where the beauties of Creation are vanishing away furiously.”

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