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Joy Goswami

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I HAVE BROUGHT THE SACRIFICIAL GOAT

I have brought the sacrificial goat
To the heap of grass, leaves and bark

He has forgotten his last beheading
But round his neck garland-like
hangs a mark

I HAVE BROUGHT THE SACRIFICIAL GOAT

Joy Goswami

(India, 1954)

Joy Goswami is regarded as one of the finest poets in the ‘post-Jibananda Das era’ of Bengali poetry. He is the author of twenty-five collections of poetry, ten novels (one of which is in verse), and a book of critical essays. He is also assistant editor of the important literary periodical, Desh, and is in charge of the poetry section. Stylistically innovative, sensuous and imagistic, his poet...

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I HAVE BROUGHT THE SACRIFICIAL GOAT

I have brought the sacrificial goat
To the heap of grass, leaves and bark

He has forgotten his last beheading
But round his neck garland-like
hangs a mark

I HAVE BROUGHT THE SACRIFICIAL GOAT

I have brought the sacrificial goat
To the heap of grass, leaves and bark

He has forgotten his last beheading
But round his neck garland-like
hangs a mark