He never looked back since then and continued to enrich Bangla literature with poetry, children’s rhymes, travelogues, essays and detective thrillers. Maybe that’s why he so proudly says about Amalkanti:“Some of us wanted to become teachers,Some doctors, some lawyers. Amalkanti did not want to become any of thoseHe rather wanted to become the sunlight.” (Amalkanti)We want to understand the form and temper of his poetry. “Some words are spinning in the dark foreign land,Some words are flying in the air,…Hemlota,Please don’t leave me yet. One of his biggest contributions to the world of Bangla poetry comes in the form of two essay books on Bangla poetry: Kobitar Class (The Poetry Class), an authoritative book on Bangla meters, and Kobita Ki O Keno (What is Poetry and Why Write Poetry?).

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 12, 2019 12:56 UTC