This poem is the wrath of a river
This poem is the dream of a man
This poem is the story of a forest
This poem is Brahmaputra
Its hungry tide laps up land
Crashing, breaking dreams
Before reaching its salty home
It tears itself to countless streams
Taking the look of torn roots
Of a gigantic banyan tree
This poem is the wrath of a river
This poem is Jadav Payeng
He is a forestry worker
Living in Majuli Island by the Brahmaputra
The broken nests light a star
In his inner sky
He becomes his own light
And prays for a woodland to take birth
This poem is the dream of a man
This poem is Molai Forest
Each tree loves a man
Who single handedly
For more than three decades
Created this tree-land
That’s harboring wild life
And fortifying the island
This poem is the story of a forest
This poem is the flow of tamed anger of a river
This poem is the fulfillment of the deep green dream of a man
This poem is the song of the wild in an unusual forest
[I intended to post this old poem for the “Water” prompt but couldn’t manage as became a bit busy this week. So now.]
Posted for earthweal open link weekend #4earthweal open link weekend #4
sumanar/lekha 
Absolutely love it!
Sumana, I drank this poem in so gratefully. We need poems like this right now, and men and women bringing dreams to life like the man in your poem, whom i have read about. I love the boomerang form, too. Gorgeous!
Yes! That river! That man! The entire forest. The anger and the poetry! OwoOoooo!
It’s a very poignant poem, ❤
Different expressions and all are powerful!
Marvellous! And thank you for the positivity — I’m been drowning here.
The I Ching tells us we can work on the spoiled, bring things back to their order in glory — this is a wonderful poem of how one person right rivers and raise forests. From that work so many resounding blessed connections — a canopy of good. A great Water poem and blessing for a weekend clouded with so much difficult news. Thanks as always for finding the global in the local – Brendan
Really a very beautiful and effective flow to this narrative, mimicking a river, perhaps the river of dreams of men as well as one of water. You have done a great job here of using visuals to make your point, and never losing the sensitive touch of the words. More of us need to have these kind of dreams, and make them come true.
A wonderful interpretation of Hannah Gosselin’s Boomerang form. The details make this a most absorbing read.
Love the structure, love the content, love the message and the heart in this.
Wonderful poem in tribute to a man who shows what one is capable of. I love his idea of one child committed to planting and caring for one tree. We need this commitment globally. Can you imagine a movement growing across the land that unites all of us? Thank you for your inspiring post.
This is just a poem of great hope… we need to be afraid, but also we need to plant forests.
This poem once again is so much more than a poem. It is the voice for those who cannot speak.