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Abida J. Chowdhury

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Born
in Los Angeles , The United States
April 29

Member Since
September 2020


sophomore at duke university

poetry at oxford university

author of when the birds drop and an assemblage of cavernous poems

curator of two student anthologies

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“From my very first breath I have not felt
As others feel; I have not sought
What others seek; I could not pump
My desires out as others did freely.
The depth of my soul cannot find ecstasy
Only sorrow; The lengths to my despair reach
Levels beyond compare; I can not stimulate
My joy to the same levels as others partake.
And all I feel, I feel in ache.”
Abida J. Chowdhury, An Assemblage of Cavernous Poems

“My beloved friends: my dear pen and paper,
Thank you for saving my life.”
Abida J. Chowdhury, When the Birds Drop: Poems by Abida Chowdhury

“The beauty of a good poem,
Is that it makes you want to live or to die.”
Abida J. Chowdhury, When the Birds Drop: Poems by Abida Chowdhury

“The beauty of a good poem,
Is that it makes you want to live or to die.”
Abida J. Chowdhury, When the Birds Drop: Poems by Abida Chowdhury

“From my very first breath I have not felt
As others feel; I have not sought
What others seek; I could not pump
My desires out as others did freely.
The depth of my soul cannot find ecstasy
Only sorrow; The lengths to my despair reach
Levels beyond compare; I can not stimulate
My joy to the same levels as others partake.
And all I feel, I feel in ache.”
Abida J. Chowdhury, An Assemblage of Cavernous Poems

“How nice it must be to roam free and frolic the streets, singing with glee.
Meanwhile I burn in my own home,
With not a single option to flee.
My hand hangs dormant out the window,
Dreaming of days where my fingers shall dance with the wind,
Out of a window on a train that will take me
Far, far away…”
Abida J. Chowdhury, When the Birds Drop: Poems by Abida Chowdhury

“... This mishap is so adjacent to our love.
A fleeting few specks of time,
Disappearing as soon as it arrived.
All that remains is the aftermath of myself, lost and bewildered.
Holding the baggage of a loneliness so weighty,
My stature hangs lower than how I first appeared.”
Abida J. Chowdhury, When the Birds Drop: Poems by Abida Chowdhury

“Oftentimes I catch myself staring at a particular nothing.
Nothing at all.
Transported to somewhere that only exists within me.
Not blinking for several seconds at a time,
Eyes stinging from unwanted memories.
I force myself to snap out of these wretched recollections,
Swallowing the words I want to say away.
Down to where no one else can see them,
Where no one else but I know they lay.”
Abida J. Chowdhury, When the Birds Drop: Poems by Abida Chowdhury

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