{"id":7329,"date":"2020-05-28T15:34:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T15:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=7329"},"modified":"2020-05-28T15:34:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T15:34:31","slug":"golden-cage-a-poem-by-debashish-haar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/golden-cage-a-poem-by-debashish-haar\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Cage. A Poem by Debashish Haar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nA man rubs honey on his eyelids<br \/>\nbefore going to bed<br \/>\nto dream ants and spiders.<br \/>\nIn the morning his eyes weave<br \/>\nwebs of silver and gold,<br \/>\nand mind stretches wings.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nEach evening flying<br \/>\nwith the birds his mind enters<br \/>\nitself in a golden cage lit<br \/>\nby honey lamps.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nOriginally Written in 2006<br \/>\nPublished in Manifold Magazine of New Poetry<br \/>\nEditor the late Vera Rich.<br \/>\n<strong>Editor&#8217;s note<\/strong>: Vera Rich is also published here at PLT<br \/>\nwhere you may also read the bio of her fascinating life<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/conformal-mapping-poem-sonnet-vera-rich1936-2009\">https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/conformal-mapping-poem-sonnet-vera-rich1936-2009<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/edge-a-poem-by-debashish-haar\/img_20180826_122554\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6591\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_20180826_122554-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_20180826_122554-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_20180826_122554-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nDebashish is a machine learning scientist, who has been published in literary magazines several<br \/>\ntimes across the globe, including Poetry Life &amp; Times, where he was interviewed twice.<br \/>\nHe is currently contending with a severe writer&#8217;s block spanning a decade, when he has hardly<br \/>\nproduced any publishable content. He is also losing emotional connection with his own work<br \/>\ngradually, and spends more time to edit\/tighten his old poems than creating any new content.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/strong><em> Debashish Haar was interviewed twice in the old Poetry Life and Times, once by Sarah Russell then Editor &amp; later by myself as a new Editor before it folded in 2008. <\/em><em>The New Poetry Life &amp; Times restarted in 2013 at Artvilla.com site, Admin David Jackson. <\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nRobin Ouzman Hislop is Editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\">Poetry Life and Times<\/a> ; You may visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquillrelle.com\/authorrobin.htm\">Aquillrelle.com\/Author Robin Ouzman Hislop <\/a>about author. See Robin performing his work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/robin-hislop-reads-at-university-of-leeds-his-poetry-and-translations-video-performance\">Performance (University of Leeds)<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons\" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\"><h3>Share and Enjoy !<\/h3><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"wpsr-counter wpsrc-sz-40px\" style=\"color:#000\"><span class=\"scount\" data-wpsrs=\"\" data-wpsrs-svcs=\"pinterest,print,pdf,twitter\"><i class=\"fa fa-share-alt\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><small class=\"stext\">Shares<\/small><\/div><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-count-1 sr-40px sr-pad\"><span class=\"sr-pinterest\"><a data-pin-custom=\"true\" data-id=\"pinterest\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=&amp;media=&amp;description=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Submit this to Pinterest\"><i class=\"fab fa-pinterest\"><\/i><span class=\"ctext\" data-wpsrs=\"\" data-wpsrs-svcs=\"pinterest\"><\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-print\"><a data-id=\"print\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.printfriendly.com\/print?url=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Print this article \"><i class=\"fa fa-print\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-pdf\"><a data-id=\"pdf\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.printfriendly.com\/print?url=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Convert to PDF\"><i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-twitter\"><a data-id=\"twitter\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%20-%20%20\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tweet this !\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-share-menu\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More share links\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" data-metadata=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;short-url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rss-url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.artvilla.com\\\/plt\\\/feed\\\/&quot;,&quot;comments-section&quot;:&quot;comments&quot;,&quot;raw-url&quot;:null,&quot;twitter-username&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-secret&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons\" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\"><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-32px sr-pad\"><span class=\"sr-facebook\"><a data-id=\"facebook\" style=\"background-color:#1e73be;color:#8224e3;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share this on Facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-share-menu\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More share links\" style=\"background-color:#1e73be;color:#8224e3;\" data-metadata=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;short-url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rss-url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.artvilla.com\\\/plt\\\/feed\\\/&quot;,&quot;comments-section&quot;:&quot;comments&quot;,&quot;raw-url&quot;:null,&quot;twitter-username&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-secret&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A man rubs honey on his eyelids before going to bed to dream ants and spiders. 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