Warmth is the contour of heat;
history is a contour of us
A kettle is an unborn fire
Fire is a relative of the sun
The sun is a stove of the universe
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed May 21 as International Tea Day in recognition of the long history and deep cultural and economic significance of tea around the world. India is the second-largest producer and consumer of tea in the world.
Warmth is the contour of heat;
history is a contour of us
A kettle is an unborn fire
Fire is a relative of the sun
The sun is a stove of the universe
Tea is a tincture of thirst;
tree is an umbrella of the grass
Sugar is a prism of taste
Tea cup is a desire of the palm
Water is a cousin of ice:
a relative of fog & steam
Every drink is a silhouette
of a craving
Desire is proportional in spring
A factory is a penumbra of iron
Tables and chairs
are shapes of tea clerks
A church is the shadow of a tea labourer
Two leaves and a twig are three eyes
of a Hindu god
Rains are sweat of a hot summer;
the sky is a curve of the earth
I am the shadow of my son
The monsoon is an umbra
of black air
A sprinkler is a translation of rain;
Indian Ocean is the shadow of the Himalayas at dawn
and so forth and so on
I search
more such similes and analogies standing
at the gate of Danguajhar Tea Estate
in spring
Sekhar Banerjee is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet. The Fern-gatherers’ Association (2021) is his latest collection of poems.