Abani, Are You Home? Poem by Shakti Chattopadhay

the meaning '' Abani '' must have lost the meaning..but with the meaning of ''Abani '' in Bengali, this becomes a top notch poem...

Neighbourhood! Thanks for sharing.

a lovely homely poem with one Question?

This is so atmospheric- -and the repeated line gathers spookiness each time it is used. I want to read this poem again and again and read more of this poet's work.

the night knocking at my door.....these words hold the content I guess....this poem sounds good to me though I don't get the full meaning of it..

'Abani' means earth in Bengali, Odia and many Indian languages which has a Sanskrit origin.It is a common name in India.

'Here it rains all the twelve months'----Perhaps the poet misses his home deeply at a distant land and at night, the sound of rain tapping feels homely and remembers those dear persons calling at him.

I have reread the poem again and I have come to this conclusion: We get an impression of restlessness as the poet yearns to escape from the stuffy enclosure of society and its norms.That's the magic of reading poems, first impression differs entirely with the following read. Poetry is magic!

I cite the concluding lines: Suddenly I hear the night knocking at my door, 'Abani, are you home? ' The night constantly knocking at his door with the subject HOME.5 Stars

The concluding lines of the last stanza hide the answer of the whole poem: HOME