SYNCLINES AND ANTICLINES

SYNCLINES AND ANTICLINES

By ARJUN BANERJEE, 15; LA MARTINIERE FOR BOYS, CALCUTTA, INDIA

Everything has turned so sour.
Family, pet, arcade games and even my favourite flower.
Everything seems foggy,
And I'm really feeling groggy;
a la Camus a Sisyphean struggle it is,
Purely existential, not even a hint of bliss.
Shiva, the destroyer, possesses me,
It is only red that I see.
Total Nihilism everywhere, Valhalla beckons me--I must be there!

Suddenly bright sunshine tears apart the clouds,
It is all over, hoorah, there is no doubt!
Unshackled at last I prance around
Making happy noises and many a weird sound.
"Doesn't it feel nice? Doesn't it feel nice?" while dancing I
shout,
"Don't you feel like singing your heart out?"
The responses spurt an emphatic "Yesss!"
It really isn't, though, a difficult guess.
MY EXAMS ARE OVER! I simply feel great,
What the future brings forth, is just a matter of fate!!

POETRY.COM
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"Dear Arjun,

After carefully reading and discussing your poem, our Selection
Committee has certified your poem as a semi-finalist in our
International Open Poetry Contest. Your poem will automatically be
entered into the final competition held in February 2002.
In celebration of the unique talent that you have displayed, we also
wish to publish your poem in what promises to be one of the most highly
sought after collections of poetry we have ever published? .
The copyright notice is in your name. This means that you retain the
copyright to your own work of art?.

Again, congratulations, Arjun. We feel you have a special talent and
look forward to the publication of your poem in Letters from the
Soul.

Howard Ely
Managing Editor

P.S. Arjun, you should be genuinely proud of your accomplishment. Of
the thousands of poems we read each year, only a fraction can be
published. We are pleased that "Synclines and Anticlines" will
appropriately achieve the recognition that a national publication can
give it."