Sutanuka Ghosh Roy
Diana’s palm-full of waters
metamorphosed Actaeon
into a stag.
Nirvaya didn’t find water enough
The devils remained as devils
Asifa when you met Tereus
Did you cup your hands?
Perhaps the well dried up as
the cotton ball clouds forgot to shed a tear.
Nephele, Hyale, Rhamis, Psecas, and Phiale
now on leave.
The hounds scale the walls of Thebes
Monica, Rita, Sania too wanted to become
Nightingales.
Dr. Sutanuka Ghosh Roy is Assistant Professor English in Tarakeswar Degree College, The University of Burdwan, WB, India. She has presented papers at national and international seminars and has published widely in Muse India, Setu, Lapiz Lazuli, The Statesman, Life and Legends, Kitaab, Kervan, Text, among others. She guest-edited the July 2020 issue of Setu on Children’s Literature. The titles of her books are Critical Inquiry: Text, Context, and Perspectives and Commentaries: Elucidating Poetry, Rassundari Dasi’s Amar Jiban: A Comprehensive Study. She is also a reviewer, a poet, and a critic.
