THE MYTHOPOEIC IN CONTEMPORARY NORTHEAST INDIAN POETRY

Originally posted on Northeast Review:
Rini Barman “A need to leave the water knows” by Nitoo Das Does the day break With the sound of guns? No, It breaks with the cry Of that bird Which nibbles through The night’s darkness Very slowly[i] These lines from Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi’s poem “Dawn” address the irony of…