Muses and Rhymes

Appropriate for students Grade 5 and higher and all literary enthusiasts. This is a preserved collection from 1968-1975 - the author's writings from 7th grade to just after high school - before entering college - and before coming to the United States. These poems helped the author win Best Poet of the Year awards from a local newspaper in Dhaka Bangladesh in 1973 and 1974. Some are poems, some songs, some just thoughts with a rhythmic pattern. The progression of a young mind from 7th grade to high school is apparent in the writings presented in chronological order. Here is a segment written in 1974:

Evening crept into the day
And mother's eyes were wet.
I saw her move her lips and say,
"Isn't it beautiful, to see the sun set?"

Away from her, I turned my eyes
And looked at the eastern sky,
"Isn't it better, to see it rise?"
I said, and I heard her cry.