Peoples' Poet
24/11/03 16:32 Filed by Saswat Pattanayak in:
Saswat | Memories
I call myself a
Peoples Poet. Representing the peoples. Our
aspirations and despairs. Which are mine, too. Our
anguish and anger. Again shared. Our loves and
sorrows. It’s all here in my poems. The words are
mine. But the feelings are shared. I owe it to all of
us and all those who cant understand this language.
Because the feelings are shared, anyway.
I write because I have to write. I give back what the
world has given me. I share with you what I have
experienced being myself. Because I am our product.
Of our world. Hence the words are mine, but the work
is ours. It’s a collective product. Use without
searching for copyrights. I am not copyrighted. There
is no privacy law. No secret code to the feelings. No
passwords to hide. No exclusivity in feelings. We are
not sailing in different boats.
Tags: Saswat, Poem, Activism