Poem: ‘Chor Chandia’
Susanne Chowdhury, 3 July 1986
for Zafrullah
In late May 1985, a tidal bore struck the south-eastern coast of Bangladesh causing widespread devastation and loss of life.
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Either side of the bund nobody slept That night. It wasn’t the siren warning (The third time this year), but the wind’s cling And the way frisky things stayed wrapped About uprights, legs or gateposts, till swept By a sidling gust up and...